Re: gram.y=>preproc.y

Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org> writes:
>> Also included is a perl version of the script created by a2p
>> and fixed by me. Unfortunately a2p did not generate working code, so I guess
>> eventually we have to only work with the perl version. I guess a perl hacker
>> can beautify the script quite a bit. 
> 
> We should probably standardize on the perl version, ugly or not, because
> otherwise we'll have a difference in build process between Unix and
> Windows machines.  Personally I don't really care how ugly it is as long
> as no one has to look at it ;-) ... but if someone wants to beautify the
> perl script they're surely welcome to do so.

+1.


> A few notes:
> 
> * before committing we need to see the proposed diffs to the Makefiles
> and the Windows build scripts.

It might be worthwhile to make it as a perl module, called from the
commandline in Unix and just included directly in the win32 build
scripts. But someone more perly can comment on if that's a prettier way
or not:-)


//Magnus