Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Mark Dilger wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > >Mark Dilger wrote:
> > >
> > >>Looking through the postgresql source code, I notice that there are
> > >>many places were palloc is used but the return value is not checked
> > >>to see if it is null.
> > >
> > >palloc will throw an exception if it cannot fulfill the request. Code
> > >that checks the return value for null is in fact a waste.
> >
> > Interesting. So the patch should go the other way, and remove the checks
> > that are currently in the code?
>
> Yes, if you find any such place please submit a patch.
I see one in cash.c that I will remove.
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