Re: PGDLLEXPORTing all GUCs?

On 05/07/2014 09:45 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> I think what Craig actually tries to propose is to mark all GUCs
> currently exported in headers PGDLLIMPORT. Currently it's easy to have
> extensions that work on sane systems but not windows. If they're already
> exposed in headers I don't think changes get any harder just because thy
> also can get used on windows...

Yes, rather.

Exporting GUCs that're currently static wouldn't make sense.

I'm just taking about making what works on !windows work on Windows. If
a GUC is declared extern in a header, it should be PGDLLIMPORT.

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