Re: C++-Language Function/Process List

From: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Kelly Burkhart <kelly(at)tradebotsystems(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: C++-Language Function/Process List
Date: 2005-05-23 15:16:35
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Kelly Burkhart <kelly(at)tradebotsystems(dot)com> writes:

> I used C++ and noticed that some Postgres headers contain C++ keywords.
> Is there any interest among PG developers in making the C-language
> interface C++ clean? Or, is there hostility to this idea?

Postgres is written in C. AIUI it's somewhat dangerous to link C++
functions into the backend, since PG doesn't know how to cope with
thrown exceptions and the like.

-Doug

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