Re: [PATCH] Add use of asprintf()

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add use of asprintf()
Date: 2013-09-22 04:24:34
Message-ID: 1379823874.24014.6.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 17:31 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Looks good to me, except that pg_asprintf seems to be checking ret
> instead of rc.

Ah, good catch!

> Is there a reason for the API discrepancy of pg_asprintf vs. psprintf?
> I don't see that we use the integer return value anywhere. Callers
> interested in the return value can use asprintf directly (and you have
> already inserted callers that do nonstandard things using direct
> asprintf).

I wanted to keep pg_asprintf the same as asprintf. I think there is
some value in that, but it's not supremely important.

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