Re: Extensions, this time with a patch

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Extensions, this time with a patch
Date: 2010-10-17 17:16:38
Message-ID: 20101017171638.GD19009@fetter.org
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On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:09:51AM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of sáb oct 16 23:32:49 -0300 2010:
> > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > > The intent here is to execute some code from the file directly inside
> > > the server.
> >
> > > Eh, I realize now that the right way to go about this is to use SPI.
> >
> > Yeah, that would be one way to go about it. But IMO postgres.c should
> > be solely concerned with interactions with the client.
>
> Duly noted.

Should this be noted in a README? Source code comments? I'm thinking
if Alvaro didn't know it, it's not clear enough from context.

Cheers,
David.
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