Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> The problem is that the alias will be picked up by every libpq client.
>>
>> Not at all; libpq clients do not import c.h.
> Well, all the programs that use postgres-fe.h do.
Sure, but all of them do (or should) include libpgport and can get at
the functions from that.
> I'm coming around to thinking that the simple solution is just to use it
> unconditionally on Windows.
I agree that that's what we should do, but it should be done the same
way we handle other routines from libpgport. None of those are exported
to our client-side programs via libpq.
regards, tom lane
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