Re: C++ Headers
Myron Scott <mscott@sacadia.com>
From: Myron Scott <mscott@sacadia.com>
To: Hackers List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-05-19T17:09:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote:
> mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com> writes:
> > Is any support for reworking the postgres headers such that they can be used,
> > cleanly, in a C++ program?
>
> You'll get no support for a request for a blank check. What do you have
> in mind exactly?
>
> ISTM that making the backend's internal headers C++-clean has already
> been looked into, but rejected on grounds that I don't recall clearly.
> Check the list archives.
>
I have used:
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
headers......
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
on many backend header files for use
on my threaded version of postgres.
I seems to work fine as I have not had any problems
yet.
Myron Scott