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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Why we don't panic in PageGetExactFreeSpace
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In response to Why we don't panic in PageGetExactFreeSpace  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
Responses Re: Why we don't panic in PageGetExactFreeSpace  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> It seems to me that we should panic that data are overlaped instead of return 
> zero.

elog(PANIC) is almost never a good idea, and it certainly isn't a good
response here.
        regards, tom lane

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