Re: [HACKERS] Syncing sql extension versions with shared library versions

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Mat Arye <mat@timescaledb.com> wrote:
> (I
> want to avoid having to keep backwards-compatibility for all functions in
> future shared-libraries).

Are you sure that's a good idea?  It seems like swimming upstream
against the design.  I mean, instead of creating a dispatcher library
that loads either v1 or v2, maybe you could just put it all in one
library, add a "v1" or "v2" suffix to the actual function names where
appropriate, and then set up the SQL definitions to call the correct
one.  I mean, it's the same thing, but with less chance of the dynamic
loader ruining your day.

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