Re: libpgtcl doesn't use UTF encoding of TCL
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Reinhard Max <max@suse.de>
Cc: elf@solvo.ru, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-07-18T16:22:14Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Do you have any idea how this will work with earlier TCL versions? > > It won't. If pgtcl is supposed to still be able to compile with older > versions of Tcl, the changes have to be made a compile time option. Can't we probe the TCL version in the code and handle it that way? > > When was Tcl_UtfToExternalDString added to TCL? > > According to Tcl's changelog files, it was added in 1997 for Tcl 8.1 > wich was released in 1999. Shame. I think we could have required Tcl 8.X but clearly we can't be requring >= 8.1. I have 8.0 here and I am sure many do as well. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026