Re: [HACKERS] Patch for user-defined C-language functions

Tom, where are we on this?

> Bernard Frankpitt <frankpit@pop.dn.net> writes:
> > The solution that I propose, and have implemented in the attatched
> > patch extends the CREATE FUNCTION syntax as follows. In the first case
> > above I use the link symbol mytype2_to_mytype3 for the link object
> > that implements the first conversion function, and define the
> > Postgresql operator with the following syntax
> > CREATE FUNCTION mytype3 ( mytype2 )
> >        RETURNS mytype3
> >        AS 'mytypes.so', 'mytype2_to_mytype3'
> >        LANGUAGE 'C'
> > The syntax for the AS clause, which was 'AS <link-file>' becomes 
> >     AS <link_file>[, <link_name>]
> > Specification of the link_name is optional, and not needed if the link
> > name is the same as the Postgresql function name.
> 
> > I store the string for the link symbol in the prosrc text attribute of
> > the pg_proc table which is currently unused in rows that reference
> > dynamically loaded functions.
> 
> Sounds like a good plan to me.  I'll be glad to check this over and
> commit it into 6.6 (unless there are objections?) ... but could I
> trouble you for documentation diffs as well?  At the very least,
> the text discussion of CREATE FUNCTION, the reference page entry,
> and the online help in psql need to reflect this addition.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
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