Re: storing plpython global pointer

On 28 May 2013 14:15, Jan Urbański <wulczer(at)wulczer(dot)org> wrote:

> On 28/05/13 14:04, Szymon Guz wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I need to store a global pointer for plpython usage. This is a PyObject*
>> which can be initialized per session I think
>>
>> Where should I keep such a pointer?
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> you probably could use a global variable, similar to PLy_interp_globals
> that's defined in plpy_main.c.
>
> Another method would be to expose the Decimal constructor in the plpy
> module. You could modify plpy_plpymodule.c to import decimal and expose the
> Decimal constructor as plpy.Decimal.
>
> Best,
> Jan
>

I think I'd rather go with the first solution, as this function should not
be accessible inside the plpython function. That's what I was thinking
about as well, but I wasn't sure.

thanks,
Szymon