OK, I will make those changes. Thanks.
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > + #define PSQLHISTORY "/.psql_history"
> > ...
> > ! char *psql_history = (char *) malloc(strlen(home) +
> > ! strlen(PSQLHISTORY) + 1);
>
> > ! sprintf(psql_history, "%s" PSQLHISTORY, home);
>
> This seems like a really ugly coding practice. The sprintf is hard to
> read and absolutely dependent on the assumption that PSQLHISTORY
> contains no %. I'd suggest this pattern:
>
> #define PSQLHISTORY ".psql_history"
> > ...
> > ! char *psql_history = (char *) malloc(strlen(home) +
> > ! strlen(PSQLHISTORY) + 2);
>
> > ! sprintf(psql_history, "%s/%s", home, PSQLHISTORY);
>
> as being easier to read and safer.
>
> In PasswordFromFile():
>
> > + /* Look for it in the home dir */
> > + home = getenv("HOME");
> > + if (home)
> > + {
> > + pgpassfile = malloc(strlen(home) + strlen(PGPASSFILE) + 1);
> > + if (!pgpassfile)
> > + {
> > + fprintf(stderr, gettext("%s: out of memory\n"), pset.progname);
> > + exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> > + }
> > + }
> > + else
> > + return NULL;
>
> libpq has no business calling exit(). How about just "return NULL" like
> all the other failure cases in that routine?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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