Re: A real database for Emacs

Monday, 6 March 2000

        SL Baur <steve(a)beopen.com&gt; writes:

...
 (setq R (pq-exec P "This is a bad query;"))
 #<PGresult PGRES_FATAL_ERROR - > 
This should signal a real error.  We've got an error system; let's use
it.  The PostgreSQL error object should be encapsulated within the
error data, so that a handler can use it.

...
 DEFUN ("pq-finish", Fpq_finish, 1, 1, 0, /*
 Close the connection to the backend.
 Note:  This entry point is provided for completeness, but its use is not
 recommended.  The preferred way to delete connections is to let the Emacs
 garbage collection mechanism do it. 
I agree with Jan about this.  GC is there to manage memory;
programmers who rely on GC to clean up all the resources could be
called lazy at best.

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998