On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> What problem does this fix? > >> void returning functions may not be called when binary protocol is >> requested currently. this is annoying: some drivers that wrap libpq >> or the protocol directly use the binary mode exclusively and this >> causes headaches for them. put another way, 'void' is the only POD >> type missing send/recv. > > Yeah, this has been discussed before. > > Even though this patch is far past the CF deadline, I'm a bit tempted to > push it into 9.1 anyway, just so we can check off that problem.
+1. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
