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Re: libpq build problem with <io.h> on MS VC++


  • From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • Cc: Andrew Francis <locust(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: libpq build problem with <io.h> on MS VC++
  • Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
  • Message-id: <200408171446(dot)i7HEkS021200(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Andrew Francis wrote:
> >> How about avoiding #define altogether, and:
> >> - Always use pgrename/pgunlink instead of rename/unlink
> 
> > We could do it but we have avoided that for cases where Unix would just
> > be a pass-through.
> 
> To put that in a more positive light: we like to think that our code is
> Posix-compliant and runs in a Posix-compliant environment.  We're not
> thrilled about introducing non-Posix-isms for the convenience of one
> platform ... especially if there's no easy way to enforce that the
> nonstandard coding convention be used.
> 
> Back on track: if rename() does exist under Windows then my idea is
> unreliable.  Any other thoughts?  How about #including <io.h> in port.h
> (for Windows only of course) before we #define these things?

Sure, should we do that? I see 12 mentions of io.h in the code, and we
already include some win32 includes in port.h.

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