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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
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Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> út 19. 11. 2024 v 18:51 odesílatel Michel Pelletier <
> pelletier.michel@gmail.com> napsal:
>> A couple years ago I tried to compress what I learned about expanded
>> objects into a dummy extension that just provides the necessary
>> boilerplate.  It wasn't great but a start:
>> https://github.com/michelp/pgexpanded
>> Pavel Stehule indicated this might be a good example to put into contrib:

> another position can be src/test/modules - I think so your example is
> "similar" to plsample

Yeah.  I think we've largely adopted the position that contrib should
contain installable modules that do something potentially useful to
end-users.  A pure skeleton wouldn't be that, but if it's fleshed out
enough to be test code for some core features then src/test/modules
could be a reasonable home.

			regards, tom lane