Merlin Moncure escribió: > 2009/8/12 Pierre Frédéric Caillaud <li...@peufeu.com>: > > > > > >> If you do as much damage to the I/O function API as the other patch > >> did, it will probably be rejected. > > > > You mean, as the COPY patch in my previous message, or as another > > patch ? > > (I just search the archives and found one about CopyReadLine, but > > that's probably not what you are talking about) > > > >> We don't touch datatype APIs > >> lightly, because it affects too much code. > >> > >> regards, tom lane > > > > I definitely agree with that. > > Is there any way to do this that is not as invasive?
Maybe add new methods, fastrecv/fastsend etc. Types that don't implement them would simply use the slow methods, maintaining backwards compatibility. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
