Re: [HACKERS] postgresql extension API proof of concept

2004-05-22 Thread Fabien COELHO
Dear Carl, > What is the purpose of the extension api in simple terms; what is it FOR? > What does it DO? Thanks for this perfectly legitimate question, as my mail was not very easy to understand without the context. The aim is to provide a compilation infrastructure to external modules (that i

[HACKERS] postgresql extension API proof of concept

2004-05-19 Thread Fabien COELHO
Dear hackers, after some comments and discussions, here is a proof-of-concept demonstration of a postgresql extension infrastructure. (1) apply the patch... (2) ** REGENERATE CONFIGURE sh> autoconf configure.in > configure sh> chmod +x configure (3) configure, compile