Re: WIN32 errno patch
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian - CVS <momjian@hub.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-08-02T15:47:55Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Any idea where we are on this? > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > At this point, I am just happy we have this WIN32 errno thing working. > > My point is that it isn't "working", it's broken. > > > My guess is that we should have two errno's. One the normal errno that > > is the same on Win32 and Unix and a sockerrno that is conditionally > > defined: > > I don't really want to uglify the code by replacing most of the "errno" > uses with "sockerrno". People know what errno is, they don't know what > "sockerrno" is, so we'd be reducing the readability of the code in order > to cater to Windows cultural imperialism (usual M$ philosophy: embrace, > extend, and make sure Windows-compatible code can't run anywhere else). > > Since there are only about three routines in libpq that need access to > "regular" errno, it seems less invasive to #define errno for the rest > of them, and do something special in just these places. > > regards, tom lane > -- 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