Re: Re: libpq++ - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Re: libpq++
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Msg-id 29887.988917180@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: libpq++  (Justin Banks <justinb@mr-boo.com>)
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Justin Banks <justinb@mr-boo.com> writes:
> As one would have expected, I've found a problem. The c++ std. says that
> Automatic objects are not destroyed as a result of calling exit(), and so, a
> automatic PgDatabase in main() (or most anywhere, actually), would not have
> it's destructor called during an exit(), thereby leaving junk shm. segments
> around.

Unless your kernel is broken, application exit will cause the backend
connection to be closed, whereupon the backend will exit gracefully.
I see nothing to worry about here.

I'm not sure where you got this notion that clients get to touch any
of Postgres' shared memory ;-) but they don't.
        regards, tom lane


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