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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 20:43:47 +0000
From: Goran Thyni <goran@bildbasen.se>
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To: David.Gross@wanadoo.fr
CC: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] using c++ for functions
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David GROSS wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>     I would like to know if it is possible to use C++ code
> to define new functions in Postgres, something like :
> 
>     create function ... returns ... as '...' language 'c++';
> 
> It works very well for C functions, but with C++ (on unix/linux
> systems), postgres
> can't find the function in the symbol table.
> 

David,

C++ does many things implicitely (behind your back)
and is therefore not suitable for embedded code
such as device drivers och loadable function.

Besides, I can see no reasons to choose C++ over C for
small things like this (except political, of course).
(Flames by private mail, please)

Hopefully we will be able to use PL/pgSQL or PL/Perl
for this in future releases of pgsql.

	best regards,
		Göran.