Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> It's more likely that your changes will go through if you just submit a
> patch!
I suggested to discuss it first, since it's IMHO more likely
that the changes go through if they are commonly accepted in
the first place.
Jan
> cvs diff -c
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Katherine Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:33 PM
> Subject: [HACKERS] Small changes to facilitate Win32 port
>
>
> > Hi there. I'm yet another developer working full-time on a native windows
> > port. I'm also working closely with Jan Wieck (next office). I know
> there is
> > a reluctance to modify the code base to support native win32, and I
> realize
> > that no decision has yet been made. However, ...
> >
> > A few of the identifier names used in postgres collide with WIN32 or MFC
> names.
> > To keep my working copy of the code as close to the released source as
> > possible, I do have some superficial changes that I would like to put in
> the
> > code base early:
> >
> > 1. Rename to avoid structures/functions with same name:
> > a. PROC => PGPROC
> > b. GetUserName() => GetUserNameFromId()
> > c. GetCurrentTime() => GetCurrentDateTime()
> >
> > 2. Add _P to the following lex/yacc tokens to avoid collisions
> > CONST, CHAR, DELETE, FLOAT, GROUP, IN, OUT
> >
> > 3. Rename two local macros
> > a. MEM_FREE => MEM_FREE_IT in backend/utils/hash/dynahash.c
> > b. IGNORE => IGNORE_TOK in include/utils/datetime.h &
> > backend/utils/adt/datetime.c
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Katie Ward
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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