Re: [HACKERS] Strange interval arithmetic

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Strange interval arithmetic
Date: 2005-12-01 20:49:36
Message-ID: 16909.1133470176@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Here is the patch I was working on. It does us a separate libpq
> strtol() function, but I question whether it is worth it, or if it is
> meaningful when used by FRONTEND applications. Anyway, I am just
> throwing it out if it gives others ideas.

I did look through all the other calls to strtol/strtoul, and concluded
that the ones in datetime.c were the only undefended ones that really
needed a check.

regards, tom lane

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