Re: [HACKERS] bug in GUC

From: James Robinson <jlrobins(at)socialserve(dot)com>
To: "Thomas Hallgren" <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] bug in GUC
Date: 2004-06-24 15:59:59
Message-ID: 8B33FE4F-C5F7-11D8-8247-000A9566A412@socialserve.com
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On Jun 24, 2004, at 10:45 AM, Thomas Hallgren wrote:

> So, what you are saying is that there's no need for the functions I
> suggested and that a palloc using the TopMemoryContext will guarantee
> correct behavior on "out of memory"?

Perhaps a section regarding proper memory management code in the
backend could be written , say, somewhere in the internals document
around the coding conventions chapter:

http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/source.html

I myself don't have a clue, not being a backend hacker, so I'll just
slink back to my cave.

----
James Robinson
Socialserve.com

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