Re: arrayfuncs: fix read of uninitialized mem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: arrayfuncs: fix read of uninitialized mem
Date: 2004-09-15 14:18:12
Message-ID: 3328.1095257892@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> I fixed it by initializing dims_str[0] to '\0' circa line 1018 in
> current sources. While doing so I couldn't resist the temptation to fix
> a few of arrayfunc.c's crimes against good programming practise, so the
> attached patch includes some additional cosmetic improvements.

I dislike what you did at lines 983-1012 (replace a local variable by
possibly-many stores into an array). Also, as long as we're fixing
unreadable code, how about (line 1019)

for (i = j = 0, k = 1; i < ndim; k *= dims[i++], j += k);

becomes

for (i = j = 0, k = 1; i < ndim; i++)
k *= dims[i], j += k;

or some such. The empty loop body is a mistake waiting to happen.

Looks fine to me otherwise.

regards, tom lane

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