Support using copyObject in standard C++

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

Commit: 1887d822f1428637c935b9f5e8be4a2a56fb77c7
Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: 2026-03-02T10:48:13Z
Support using copyObject in standard C++

Calling copyObject in C++ without GNU extensions (e.g. when using
-std=c++11 instead of -std=gnu++11) fails with an error like this:

error: use of undeclared identifier 'typeof'; did you mean 'typeid'

This is due to the C compiler used to compile PostgreSQL supporting
typeof, but that function actually not being present in the C++
compiler.  This fixes that by explicitely checking for typeof support
in C++, and then either use that or define typeof ourselves as:

    std::remove_reference_t<decltype(x)>

According to the paper that led to adding typeof to the C standard,
that's the C++ equivalent of the C typeof:
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2927.htm#existing-decltype

Author: Author: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/DGPW5WCFY7WY.1IHCDNIVVT300%2540jeltef.nl

Files

PathChange+/−
config/c-compiler.m4 modified +29 −0
configure modified +54 −0
configure.ac modified +1 −0
meson.build modified +25 −0
src/include/c.h modified +21 −0
src/include/pg_config.h.in modified +7 −0
src/test/modules/test_cplusplusext/test_cplusplusext.cpp modified +2 −0

Discussion

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