PL/Perl list value return causes segfault

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: PL/Perl list value return causes segfault
Date: 2005-07-12 13:04:52
Message-ID: 20050712130452.GA84564@winnie.fuhr.org
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In the latest HEAD, a PL/Perl function that returns a list value
instead of a reference causes a segmentation fault:

CREATE FUNCTION foo() RETURNS integer[] AS $$
return (1, 2, 3, 4);
$$ LANGUAGE plperl;

SELECT foo();
server closed the connection unexpectedly

Here's the stack trace:

#0 0xfed45bcc in plperl_call_handler (fcinfo=0xffbfe230) at plperl.c:1031
#1 0x0010e7d4 in ExecMakeFunctionResult (fcache=0x44af00, econtext=0x44ae58,
isNull=0x44b470 "\177~\177\177\177\177\177\177", isDone=0x44b4d8) at execQual.c:1031
#2 0x001122b0 in ExecProject (projInfo=0x44af00, isDone=0x44ae58) at execQual.c:3607

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/

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