Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:34:51 -0400
> > Andrew Chernow <ac@esilo.com> wrote:
> >> I am not sure why Tom is worried about source code size, normally the 
> >> concern is linked size.  Code comments were never finished, as the 
> 
> > Every byte added is a byte maintained (or not).
> 
> Actually I was thinking more about disk footprint.  Andrew's comment is
> correct if you work with statically linked code where the compiler pulls
> out only the needed .o files from a .a library, but that's pretty out of
> fashion these days.  Most people are dealing with a monolithic libpq.so
> and might carp a bit if it gets 25% or 50% bigger for stuff that doesn't
> interest them.
> 
> Perhaps I'm overly sensitive to this because I'm tuned into Red Hat's
> constant struggles to fit a Linux distribution onto a reasonable number
> of CDs ...

Also, if we add to libpq we have to document this new functionality.  It
doesn't make sense to add to the API unless there is a significant
number of people who will use it.

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