Re: [HACKERS] Exports from postgres

2006-04-29 Thread Magnus Hagander
> > Which brings me to the question - would it be reasonable to > create a > > .DEF file listing which symbols are exported from the > postgres binary > > to addon modules? > > No, I'd not think this is a good idea. Unlike libpq, there's > no clear demarcation of an intended API, and no real

Re: [HACKERS] Exports from postgres

2006-04-29 Thread Tom Lane
"Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which brings me to the question - would it be reasonable to create a > .DEF file listing which symbols are exported from the postgres binary to > addon modules? No, I'd not think this is a good idea. Unlike libpq, there's no clear demarcation of an

Re: [HACKERS] Exports from postgres

2006-04-29 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 10:56:20AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > While working on the VC++ build, I initially (accidentally) built > postgres.exe witohut exporting all symbols (because VC++ doesn't have a > builtin functionality to do export-all). When enabling it to export all, > I noticed the b

[HACKERS] Exports from postgres

2006-04-29 Thread Magnus Hagander
While working on the VC++ build, I initially (accidentally) built postgres.exe witohut exporting all symbols (because VC++ doesn't have a builtin functionality to do export-all). When enabling it to export all, I noticed the binary increased more than 30% in size, and the linker time increased arou