Re: testing plpython3u on 9.0beta2

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Chris <rfusca@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: 2010-06-25T21:44:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wednesday 23 June 2010 16:30:54 Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > I can reproduce this, here.  The problem seems to be that plpython
> > only build either plpython2.so or plython3.so, but both languages
> > expect a call handler called plython_call_handler.  So once we load
> > the shared library for one language, the other language just grabs the
> > same call handler.
> 
> We had better fix that --- I can definitely foresee installations
> wanting to use both plpython2 and plpython3.  This'd require a change in
> the default contents of pg_pltemplate, though.  Does it seem important
> enough to bump catversion for?
Has anybody actually researched if it is safe to run python2 and python3 in 
the same address space? I wouldnt be surprised at all if that where 
problematic.

Andres