Gregory Stark wrote: > "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Zdenek Kotala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >>> Can I declare a struct in a function's declaration section? > > > >> It works fine with Sun Studio 11. > > > > AFAICT it's required by the original K&R C book. > > IIRC there's something odd about the scope of the declared struct label. > > Something like it previously extended to the end of the file but post-ANSI was > limited to the scope it's declared in (including very limited scopes where it > would be useless such as in function parameters).
Hmm, thanks everybody. I was just going to say "bummer!" because I needed to build a qsort comparator for these, but then I realized that it's better if I keep worker and launcher database structs separate -- the only field they use in common is the Oid anyway. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
