Re: [PATCH 2/5] Make relpathbackend return a statically result instead of palloc()'ing it

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] Make relpathbackend return a statically result instead of palloc()'ing it
Date: 2013-01-08 19:28:14
Message-ID: 21944.1357673294@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
maxpg> From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
> relpathbackend() (via some of its wrappers) is used in *_desc routines which we
> want to be useable without a backend environment arround.

I'm 100% unimpressed with making relpathbackend return a pointer to a
static buffer. Who's to say whether that won't create bugs due to
overlapping usages?

> Change signature to return a 'const char *' to make misuse easier to
> detect.

That seems to create way more churn than is necessary, and it's wrong
anyway if the result is palloc'd.

regards, tom lane

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