Re: psql, remove include of psqlscan.c

On 09/27/12 8:41 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> But I think I see what Tom objection to it is: if we "export" this
> capability to libpq applications, then we set it in stone to a certain
> extent: exactly how things are split would become part of the API, so to
> speak.  Upgrading to a newer libpq could break application code that
> worked with the previous release's by splitting things differently.
>
> I don't currently have an opinion on whether this is a bad thing or not.
> Who wants to argue for/against?

I wonder if it shouldn't be in a separate 'helper' library, as it has no 
direct ties to any libpq internals.



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