Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix mapping of PostgreSQL encodings to Python encodings.

From: Jan Urbański <wulczer(at)wulczer(dot)org>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, Asif Naeem <asif(dot)naeem(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix mapping of PostgreSQL encodings to Python encodings.
Date: 2012-07-20 07:13:14
Message-ID: 5009050A.3040101@wulczer.org
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On 20/07/12 08:59, Jan Urbański wrote:
> On 18/07/12 17:17, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> On 14.07.2012 17:50, Jan Urbański wrote:
>>
>> If pg_do_encoding_conversion() throws an error, you don't get a chance
>> to call Py_DECREF() to release the string. Is that a problem?
>>
>> If an error occurs in PLy_traceback(), after incrementing
>> recursion_depth, you don't get a chance to decrement it again. I'm not
>> sure if the Py* function calls can fail, but at least seemingly trivial
>> things like initStringInfo() can throw an out-of-memory error.
>
> Of course you're right (on both accounts).
>
> Here's a version with a bunch of PG_TRies thrown in.

Silly me, playing tricks with postincrements before fully waking up.

Here's v3, with a correct inequality test for exceeding the traceback
recursion test.

J

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