Re: First feature patch for plperl - draft [PATCH]

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-12-04T19:05:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> So, do we look for another way to provide the functionality besides
> having a GUC, or is the functionality itself bad?

I don't think we want random Perl code running inside the postmaster,
no matter what the API to cause it is.  I might hold my nose for "on
load" code if it can only run in backends, though I still say that
it's a badly designed concept because of the uncertainty about who
will run what when.  Shlib load time is not an event that ought to be
user-visible.

			regards, tom lane