Re: v7.4.1 text_position() patch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Korea PostgreSQL Users' Group" <pgsql-kr(at)postgresql(dot)or(dot)kr>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
Subject: Re: v7.4.1 text_position() patch
Date: 2004-01-30 23:06:06
Message-ID: 20849.1075503966@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Korea PostgreSQL Users' Group" <pgsql-kr(at)postgresql(dot)or(dot)kr> writes:
>> Hm. I don't think it can actually fail, because the wchar strings are
>> zero-terminated.

> [ yes it can ]

You're right. I was confused at first because I couldn't reproduce the
problem, but then I realized it's because I'm running with
CLOBBER_FREED_MEMORY enabled, so the junk beyond the end of the string
won't match the other string.

Will commit the patch. Thanks.

regards, tom lane

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