Re: Re: postgresql 7.1.1 and textout and textin

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: lockhart@fourpalms.org
Cc: Jaume Teixi <teixi@6tems.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-06-27T15:04:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes:
>> any points to convert textout and textin to 7.1 ?

> Look in src/backend/utils/adt/ for examples of functions called from
> within other functions. You will want to upgrade to the new calling
> convention for functions, and will need to use some macros and "direct
> call" wrappers to accomplish this.

There are also some useful examples in contrib/.  Several contrib
modules have macros like

#define _textin(str) DirectFunctionCall1(textin, CStringGetDatum(str))

#define _textout(str) DatumGetPointer(DirectFunctionCall1(textout, PointerGetDatum(str)))

which work pretty much the same as the old textin() and textout()
functions did.

			regards, tom lane