Re: Possible bug in plpgsql/src/gram.y

Also, can someone tell my why we use malloc in plpgsql?

> In this bit of code in src/pl/plpgsql/src/gram.y in the current CVS
> sources, curname_def is defined as PLpgSQL_expr * but it is is
> allocated the space required for a PLpgSQL_var. This looks like a
> bug.
>
> Ian
>
> | decl_varname K_CURSOR decl_cursor_args decl_is_from K_SELECT decl_cursor_query
> {
> PLpgSQL_var *new;
> PLpgSQL_expr *curname_def;
> char buf[1024];
> char *cp1;
> char *cp2;
>
> plpgsql_ns_pop();
>
> new = malloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
> memset(new, 0, sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
>
> curname_def = malloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
> memset(curname_def, 0, sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
>
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