Bruno Wolff III wrote:
Adriaan van Os <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Section 32.9.5. Writing Code of the 8.1 docs says:
While it may be possible to load functions written in languages
other than
C into PostgreSQL, this is usually difficult (when it is possible at
all)
because other languages, such as C++, FORTRAN, or Pascal often do not
follow
the same calling convention as C. That is, other languages do not pass
argument and return values between functions in the same way<<
This is nonsense. GNU Pascal and GNU C use the same calling
conventions. In
fact, they share the same compiler-backend.
You seem to be assuming that Postgres will always be built using gcc.
That
isn't the case.
Note that the manual says "this is usually difficult (when it is
possible at all)". I don't think there are much C compilers around with
calling conventions that a Pascal compiler cannot reproduce. Name me
one ! Anyway, recompiling with gcc will solve the problem.
The manual is simply taking an old prejudice as a fact.
Sincerely,
Adriaan van Os
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