Re: [PATCH] Factor out pg_malloc and friends into port code

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Factor out pg_malloc and friends into port code
Date: 2013-02-12 15:14:25
Message-ID: 20130212151425.GB5901@alvh.no-ip.org
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Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
> 2013-01-02 10:12 keltezéssel, Magnus Hagander írta:

> ><mailto:zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>> wrote:

> > Actually, the unification of pg_malloc and friends wasn't dictated
> > by this little code, it was just that pg_basebackup doesn't provide
> > a pg_malloc implementation (only pg_malloc0) that is used by
> > initdb's escape_quotes() function. Then I noticed how wide these
> > almost identical functions have spread into client apps already.

> >Please do keep that one separate - let's avoid unnecessary
> >feature-creep, whether it's good or bad features.
>
> The patch is attached. There is no extra atexit() code in this one.

I have applied a patch similar in spirit to this one.

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