Re: Datum as struct

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Datum as struct
Date: 2025-08-07 01:55:11
Message-ID: 1484146.1754531711@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Whole Thread | Raw Message | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

I wrote:
> I think that on a 32-bit machine this would actually result in a
> null-pointer core dump, since the 0.0 would be coerced to a zero
> Datum value. The line is not reached in our regression tests,
> and given the lack of field complaints, it must be hard to reach
> in normal use too. Or 32-bit machines are deader than I thought.

On closer inspection, it's unreachable because bqarr_in won't
accept an empty query, and there is no other function that will
create query_int values. So probably it's not worth the trouble
to back-patch.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Thomas Munro 2025-08-07 02:43:17 Re: [PATCH] OAuth: fix performance bug with stuck multiplexer events
Previous Message Shinya Kato 2025-08-07 01:48:30 Speed up COPY FROM text/CSV parsing using SIMD