Re: C++ and using C functions

Czuczy Gergely wrote:

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>hello
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>i've tried to write a stored function in C++, using the libpq library, but
>the g++(3.3.1) was unable to pass through the headers. there are a lot's
>of reserved words used in structs as member names, such as delete,using,
>namespace, and so on.
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>i'm using pgsql 7.3.4.
>how can I fix it? i think so, i should modify the header files, i've tried
>to put it into an ``extern "C" {...}'' block, but i didn't solve anything.
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>any ideas?
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>Bye,
>
>Gergely Czuczy
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You need to redefine several reserved names before may include 
postgresql headers. This is an extract what I needed:

#define using __using
#define typeid __typeid
#define typename __typename
#define namespace __namespace
#define delete __delete
extern "C"
{
#include "postgres.h"
#include "executor/spi.h"
#include "funcapi.h"
}
#undef using
#undef typeid
#undef typename
#undef namespace
#undef delete

Regards,
Andreas