Re: bool: symbol name collision

bryanh@giraffe-data.com (Bryan Henderson) writes:
> The interface header files for Postgres server extensions define "bool",
> but that name is commonly used by other parts of user code, including
> by standards (C99, C++).  That causes, at best, compile failures.

> If Postgres has to define a boolean type in public header files, it should
> use a name that won't collide, like postgres_bool.

Sorry, this isn't going to happen.  It would break far too much existing
code, and we consider building server extensions with C++ to be
unsupported anyway.

            regards, tom lane