Re: TupleDesc refcounting

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: TupleDesc refcounting
Date: 2006-01-22 18:50:25
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On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 13:43 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I object ... this is still trying to enforce tupdesc refcounting on much
> more of the system than I think useful or prudent.

Well, the patch adds management of TupleDesc refcounts solely for the
return value of lookup_rowtype_tupdesc(). If we're going to use
reference counting there at all, I don't see a way do make the
refcounting any less invasive.

-Neil

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