Re: [BUGS] Patch to allow C extension modules to initialize/finish

Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Also, if we do this we probably ought to remove the special-purpose
> hack for preload_libraries to specify an init function --- it should
> just happen by default.  Any objections to simplifying that?
> 

The original idea of using the init function with preload_libraries was 
to eliminate library startup that was expensive and only needed once. 
Specifically in the case of libR (and presumably other libraries as 
well), the init time was much greater than the actual library load time. 
If it is removed from preload_libraries, then we'll pay that price for 
every backend startup, no?

Joe