Re: Fix for win32 stat() problems

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>>
>>> Trying to prepare a patch that does it the normal way, but so far
>>> I'm failing rather miserably. The *struct* stat is already
>>> redefined on win32, so whenever I try #undef or so it conflicts
>>> with that :-( Since there is no way to #undef only the parametrized
>>> version.
>>>
>> I don't follow ... there's no such redefinition in our code AFAICS.
>> Do you mean that the system header files declare it as a macro?
>>
>
> Yes.
>
>
>

How about #defining safe_stat to be pg_win32_safe_stat on Windows and
simply stat elsewhere? Then use safe_stat at the places you consider
critical.

cheers

andrew