Re: exporting raw parser

> I read your proposal says "postgres.exe" will link to "libSQL.dll",
> and "pgpool.exe" will also link to the DLL, right?

Perhaps.

> I think it is reasonable, but I'm not sure what part of postgres
> should be in the DLL. Obviously we should avoid code duplication
> between the DLL and "postgres.exe".
>
> > - create an exportable version of memory manager
> > - create an exportable exception handling routines(i.e. elog)
> 
> Are there any other issues? For example,
>   - How to split headers for raw parser nodes?
>   - Which module do we define T_xxx enumerations and support functions?
>     (outfuncs, readfuncs, copyfuncs, and equalfuncs)
> 
> The proposal will be acceptable only when all of the technical issues
> are solved. The libSQL should also be available in stand-alone.
> It should not be a collection of half-baked functions.

What do you mean by "should also be available in stand-alone"? If you
want more abstract API than "libSQL", you could invent such a thing
based on it as much as you like. IMO anything need to parse/operate
the raw parse tree should be in libSQL.
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