Re: NULL passed as an argument to memcmp() in parse_func.c - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: NULL passed as an argument to memcmp() in parse_func.c
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Msg-id 11313.1435782204@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: NULL passed as an argument to memcmp() in parse_func.c  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2015-07-01 10:51:49 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The problem is that there are multiple risks to manage here.  If I were to
>> back-patch that patch, it would actively break any third-party extensions
>> that might be using the formerly-considered-valid technique of passing a
>> NULL array pointer to these lookup functions.  We don't like breaking
>> things in minor releases; that discourages people from updating to new
>> minor releases.

> Yep, let's just fix it in master (and potentially 9.5, I don't care).

It's in the 9.5 branch already.
        regards, tom lane



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