Re: libpq docs about PQfreemem

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Subject: Re: libpq docs about PQfreemem
Date: 2007-02-04 11:46:08
Message-ID: 200702041246.08965.peter_e@gmx.net
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> Now, there are two options for this. Either we fix it (I can put
> together a patch), or we remove it altogether. To me, it seems to be
> just an implementation detail and some kind of explanation why we're
> doing it - which would live better in a source code comment than in
> the docs.

Old code assumes you can use free() to free all of these things, so it
seems reasonable to give some background about why that is not the best
method anymore.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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