Re: leakproof

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: leakproof
Date: 2012-02-26 15:39:09
Message-ID: 1330270749.32452.33.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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On ons, 2012-02-22 at 10:56 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> The trouble with "leakproof" is that it
> doesn't point to what it is that's not leaking, which is information
> rather than memory, as many might imagine (and I did) without further
> hints. I'm not sure any single English word would be as descriptive as
> I'd like.

Well, we have RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT, so maybe DOES NOT LEAK
INFORMATION. ;-)

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