On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2016-11-24 18:51 GMT+01:00 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>: >> contrib/xml2 has always relied on libxslt for xpath functionality. >> Can we do that here instead of writing, debugging, and documenting >> a pile of new code? > > I am sorry - I don't see it. There is nothing complex manipulation with > XPath expressions.
You are missing the point here, which is to make the implementation footprint as light as possible, especially if the added functionality is already present in a dependency that Postgres can be linked to. OK, libxslt can only be linked with contrib/xml2/ now, but it would be at least worth looking at how much the current patch can be simplified for things like transformTableExpr or XmlTableGetValue by relying on some existing routines. Nit: I did not look at the patch in details, but I find the size of the latest version sent, 167kB, scary as it complicates review and increases the likeliness of bugs. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
