Re: [HACKERS] I propose killing PL/Tcl's "modules" infrastructure

On 02/25/2017 10:14 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Now, we could try to fix this bug, and add the regression test coverage
> that the code clearly lacks, and upgrade the documentation about it from
> its currently very sad state.  But I think the right answer is just to
> remove the feature altogether.  It's evidently not being used, and it's
> kind of insecure by design, and it would not be that hard for someone
> to provide equivalent functionality entirely in userland if they really
> wanted it.

I don't see a reason to keep pl/tcl in core at all so ripping out the 
functionality seems the least disruptive and perhaps even a deprecation 
of the PL (at least from a core perspective) in v10.

JD



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