Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL ESQL Patch

Tom,

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 09:15:52AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com> writes:
> > What is the status of the following patch:
> >     http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/mhonarc/pgsql-cygwin/2001-04/msg00031.html
>
> I recall voicing unhappiness about putting a definition of DLLIMPORT
> into sqlca.h, independent of the main one in c.h.  Not sure if there's
> any good way around that, though.  Including c.h would be a cure worse
> than the disease, probably (application namespace pollution and all that).

See the following to refresh your memory:

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:38:53PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com> writes:
> > In the above mentioned URL, I suggested including c.h as another
> > possibly better solution.  However, I saw the following in ecpglib.h:
> >     /*
> >      * this is a small part of c.h since we don't want to leak all postgres
> >      * definitions into ecpg programs
> >      */
> > so I decided against including c.h in the first version of my patch.
>
> That's a fair point.  Maybe it should be
>
> +#ifndef DLLIMPORT
> +#ifdef __CYGWIN__
> +#define DLLIMPORT __declspec (dllimport)
> +#else
> +#define DLLIMPORT
> +#endif /* __CYGWIN__ */
> +#endif /* DLLIMPORT */

The current version of my patch is just doing what you suggested.  Are you
no longer recommending this approach as the best compromise?

> The Makefile changes look OK to me but Peter E. would be more qualified
> to comment on them.

Let's see what Peter has to say about the Makefile parts.

Thanks,
Jason

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