On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:22:51AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:15:04AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> By that argument, *every* globally-visible variable should be marked > >> PGDLLIMPORT. But the mere fact that two backend .c files need to access > > > No, Julien says 99% need only the GUCs, so that is not the argument I am > > making. > > That's a claim unbacked by any evidence that I've seen. More to > the point, we already have a mechanism that extensions can/should > use to read and write GUC settings, and it's not direct access.
So the problem is that extensions only _need_ to use that API on Windows, so many initially don't, or that the API is too limited? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion.
