Re: [PATCH] Add _PG_init to PL language handler documentation

Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com>

From: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Jonathan Leto <jaleto@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-05-27T03:24:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 03:47:25PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Jonathan Leto <jaleto@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This tiny doc patch adds _PG_init to the skeleton example code for a
> > PL. The information is quite valuable to PL authors, who might miss it
> > when it is described in the shared library documentation.
> 
> I'm not sure it does much good to add it to the template without any
> explanation of what it does.  What might make more sense is to add a
> cross-reference to the section on dynamic loading, where this is
> documented.

+1. How about the attached (which, incidentally, tested successfully on my
box, because I've managed to achieve doc building nirvana through blindly
flailing about until it worked...)?

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