Welcome to pgrx v0.11.0. It's a new "major" release with some new features, a faster "build.rs", and some bugfixes.

As always, please update by running cargo install cargo-pgrx --version 0.11.0 --locked and update your extension crate Cargo.toml files accordingly.

What's Changed

Faster Buildings

@workingjubilee did some work to improve build times. As measured on their computer against cargo check, it's roughly a quarter faster. In doing so, the generated "bindings.rs" files look a little different and our "build.rs" has been cleaned up a bit.

• Make check builds ~25% faster by merging extern blocks by @workingjubilee in Make check builds ~25% faster by merging extern blocks #1316
• Touch up Display for PgNode by @workingjubilee in Touch up Display for PgNode #1313
• Consistently order generated impls by @workingjubilee in Consistently order generated impls #1314
• Organize bindgen arg sets in fn (nfc) by @workingjubilee in Organize bindgen arg sets in fn (nfc) #1312
• Check for is_for_release once by @workingjubilee in Check for is_for_release once #1315
• Report build versions that conflict by @workingjubilee in Report build versions that conflict #1310

Pure Rust implementation for PgList

@workingjubilee did a tremendous amount of work creating a proper wrapper around Postgres' internal List type, called PgList.

• Introduce pure-Rust replacement for PgList by @workingjubilee in Introduce pure-Rust replacement for PgList #1277
• Remove incorrect List::drain assert by @workingjubilee in Remove incorrect List::drain assert #1283
• when constructing a new ListCell, the 'next' node begins life as NULL by @eeeebbbbrrrr in when constructing a new ListCell, the 'next' node begins life as NULL #1285
• Fix some List sizing bugs by @workingjubilee in Fix some List sizing bugs #1289
• Actually use repalloc return in List by @workingjubilee in Actually use repalloc return in List #1291
• Rename node_list.rs -> linked_list.rs by @workingjubilee in Rename node_list.rs -> linked_list.rs #1286

Some background here is that we intend to add the "dynamic function call" work (see below) to PL/Rust. In doing that work, use of Postgres' List type is pretty important and pgrx' existing implementation was a) mostly in the cshim, and b) just not very-good-and-sound. Considering (b) and also that PL/Rust isn't able to use anything from pgrx' chsim (a), @workingjubilee set out to make a proper Rust wrapper/implementation of Postgres' List type.

More Bindings

We've added more Postgres internals headers to the pgrx-pg-sys crate:

• Generate bindings for WAL recovery functions by @feikesteenbergen in Generate bindings for WAL recovery functions #1294
• Include bindings for controlfile by @feikesteenbergen in Include bindings for controlfile #1320
• Bind catalog header definitions for access method tables by @workingjubilee in Bind catalog header definitions for access method tables #1306

Dynamic Function Calling

pgrx now allows calling any SQL-defined function (ie, via CREATE FUNCTION) in a (mostly) Rusty way with the new dynamic function calling support. Some documentation around this feature can be found in the sources, here and in the unit tests.

• Dynamic function call by @eeeebbbbrrrr in Dynamic function call #1279

As mentioned above, this feature will be exposed in PL/Rust soon. However, it's still an extremely powerful feature for pure pgrx extensions as it allows calling another function directly, with runtime type safety checks, without incurring any Spi overhead.

cargo pgrx install --sudo

Sometimes cargo-pgrx install can be tough to work with if targeting a package manager-managed Postgres installation as the various extension directories are owned by root. cargo pgrx install --sudo fixes that by copying the files as root. The build, which is typically done as a regular user, is still run by that user -- only the file copying is run with sudo.

• Add cargo pgrx install --sudo by @eeeebbbbrrrr in Add cargo pgrx install --sudo #1322

Miscellaneous Work

• Replace cshimmed fn by @workingjubilee in Replace cshimmed fn #1304
• Enable proptest in more workflows by @workingjubilee in Enable proptest in more workflows #1309
• Float Dockerfile's Fedora version by @workingjubilee in Float Dockerfile's Fedora version #1311
• Fix pg16 CI by @eeeebbbbrrrr in Fix pg16 CI #1326

Thanks!

Thanks to all the contributors! We appreciate the PRs and testing. And we especially like hearing about what you're building with pgrx.

Full Changelog: v0.10.2...v0.11.0