On 7/27/19 6:37 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > Hi, > > On 2019-07-27 17:48:39 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: >> On 7/27/19 3:15 PM, Andres Freund wrote: >>> I'm not volunteering to do 4), my perl skills aren't great (if the test >>> infra were python, otoh... I have the skeleton of a pure perl driver >>> that I used for testing somewhere). But I am leaning towards that being >>> the most reasonable choice. >> +1 for #4. >> >> >> I'll be happy to participate in any effort. >> >> >> About 22 years ago I wrote a pure perl implementation of a wire protocol >> of roughly similar complexity (RFC1459). I got it basically working in >> just a few days, so this sort of thing is very doable. Let's see your >> skeleton and maybe it's a good starting point. > The skeleton's in python though, not sure how helpful that is?
Maybe I don't write much python but I can read it without too much difficulty :-) But you did say your skeleton was pure perl ... slip of the fingers? > > /me once more regrets that perl, not python, has been chosen as the > scripting language of choice for postgres... > That ship has sailed long ago. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services