Re: Package namespace and Safe init cleanup for plperl [PATCH]

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

To: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>

Cc: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 2010-02-13T23:35:42Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers


David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>   
>>> I'm confused. Doesn't on_plperl_init already give us this? Isn't any of the stuff loaded by that GUC then available from inside the PLPerl Safe compartment? 
>>>       
>> No (and if it does it's a bug). Try it and see.
>>     
>
> Then what's the point of it?
>
>
>   

To perform initialisation, such as setting a value in %_SHARED.

cheers

andrew