On 2014-03-05 10:10:23 -0600, Merlin Moncure wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 09:19:33AM -0600, Merlin Moncure wrote: > >> *All* non-sql standard types ought to be in extensions in an ideal world. > > > > I have seen your opinion on this but there have been enough > > counter-arguments that I am not ready to head in that direction. > > The only counter argument given is that this will prevent people from > being able to use extensions because they A: can't or won't install > contrib packages or B: are too stupid or lazy to type 'create > extension json'. Note I'm discussing 'in core extension vs in core > built in'. 'out of core extension' loosely translates to 'can't be > used by the vast majority of systems.
There's the absolutely significant issue that you cannot reasonably write extensions that interact on a C level. You can't call from extension to extension directly, but you can from extension to pg core provided ones. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
