Re: libpq_r

Lee Kindness wrote:
> Guys, take a look at what was done in libpq to make it
> thread-safe... No locks! No overheaded - just using "proper" reentrant
> functions...
> 
> If we have libpq_r then we're making a complete hash of it all - being
> reentrant is good, even if you're not using threads!
> 
> Now, ecpg is another issue...
> 

I think the issue is that using a threaded library to link into libpq
could have locking stuff.

My guess is that if the OS has separate threaded libs, we have to mimic
that stuff.

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