Are there any supported platforms that have only on_exit() but not atexit()?
It would be good in some cases to rewrite custom arrangements such as exit_nicely() or die_horribly() using those exit hooks, but supporting both through ifdefs makes the code more ugly than before. I dug around the buildfarm logs and documentation around the internet, and it appears that all non-ancient platforms support atexit(). The use of on_exit() in PostgreSQL source code appears to come from the original Postgres95 code. I would like to get rid of on_exit(). Alternatively, atexit() could be implemented in libpgport as a wrapper around on_exit(). -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
