Re: qsort->pg_qsort in 8.2

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> On 10/27/2006 3:47 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Is it a problem?  If you really want the platform qsort you can #undef
>> qsort, but I don't entirely see why you would.

> It forces client programs to link against libpgport, which they didn't 
> have to before.

Client programs that aren't part of Postgres have no business including
postgres_fe.h, and in any case the inclusion of port.h forces you to buy
into libpgport, no?  This is hardly the only substitute function we have.

			regards, tom lane