On 19.12.23 17:26, Ishaan Adarsh wrote:
Subject: Clarification on the Purpose of the Patch
Hi Peter,
The intention was to address the challenge faced by newcomers in
understanding how to write an extension for PostgreSQL. The existing
documentation, while comprehensive, lacks a consolidated and
easy-to-follow tutorial that serves as a quick start guide. The goal was
to create a beginner-friendly resource that assumes only knowledge of
Postgres and the target language, making it accessible for new
contributors because the barrier for entry is prohibitive for new
contributors. There are various third-party blog posts focusing on
different areas, and sometimes contradictory.
Have you seen this:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/extend-extensions.html#EXTEND-EXTENSIONS-EXAMPLE
Maybe that could be extended/modified/simplified?
Specifically:
1. The new section titled "Quick Start Guide" aims to provide
step-by-step instructions for users to get started with writing
extensions in PL/pgSQL and PL/Python.
What's confusing here is writing an extension in a PL language is not a
normal use case I'd say. The normal use case involves some C code.
