Re: New PL/Perl failure with Safe 2.2x due to recursion (8.x & 9.0)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>
Cc: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(dot)wheeler(at)pgexperts(dot)com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: New PL/Perl failure with Safe 2.2x due to recursion (8.x & 9.0)
Date: 2010-02-25 21:06:51
Message-ID: 14791.1267132011@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:04:44AM -0800, David E. Wheeler wrote:
>> There seem to be no good answers here.

> There is one fairly good answer:

> Use a perl that's compiled to support multiplicity but not threads.
> That avoids the sort bug and, as an extra bonus, gives plperl a
> significant speed boost.

[ scratches head... ] Why would threading have anything to do with the
security behavior imposed by Safe?

regards, tom lane

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