Re: Make copyObject work in C++

Jelte Fennema <postgres@jeltef.nl>

From: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>

To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>

Date: 2026-01-26T10:43:54Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 at 11:29, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> Maybe it would be enough to only support PG_MODULE_MAGIC (without
> arguments) in C++ for now.

You mean by explicitly ifdefing out PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT to make it
unusable in C++? Or just not adding the additional documentation that
I added in my patch?
I'm currently using PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT in the C++ extension that I
maintain, and I'd prefer to continue doing so. Especially because it
(currently) doesn't have to work on MSVC for my purposes.

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Enable test_cplusplusext with MSVC
- c05ad248f99c 19 (unreleased) landed
Disable some C++ warnings in MSVC
- 82a7cbea747c 19 (unreleased) landed
meson: Make room for C++-only warning flags for MSVC
- 4c83f1253593 19 (unreleased) landed
Make fixed-length list building macros work in C++
- f8e7ca328510 19 (unreleased) landed
Make unconstify and unvolatize use StaticAssertVariableIsOfTypeMacro
- 258248d0bdbf 19 (unreleased) landed
Use typeof everywhere instead of compiler specific spellings
- e2308350c9b7 19 (unreleased) landed
Test List macros in C++ extensions
- 3d28ecb5ac76 19 (unreleased) landed
Test most StaticAssert macros in C++ extensions
- 451650eaacd5 19 (unreleased) landed
Revert "Change copyObject() to use typeof_unqual"
- 0af05b5dbb42 19 (unreleased) landed
Fix for C++ compatibility
- b4555cb070f1 19 (unreleased) landed
tests: Add a test C++ extension module
- 476b35d4e311 19 (unreleased) landed