Re: [PATCHES] libpq type system 0.9a

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 02:34:51PM -0400, Andrew Chernow wrote:
> > This idea is for the libpq user, although driver writers could find it 
> > handy as well.  Really, anyone who uses libpq directly.  That's the real 
> > audience.
> 
> Quite, I'm writing array parsing code right now and this would make my
> life much easier too. However, my question is:
> 
> > I am not sure why Tom is worried about source code size, normally the 
> > concern is linked size. 
> 
> How tight is the link to libpq? Could it exist as a seperate library:
> libpqbin or something? Still in core, just only used by the people who
> want it.

The idea of pgfoundry was that it would be an independent library and
could be used by people who need it.

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