Re: pg_dump vs malloc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: pg_dump vs malloc
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Msg-id BANLkTi=FQ1eh26v5MvqYE76ARHNYgUDB9w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: pg_dump vs malloc  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg_dump vs malloc
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 17:48, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> Something along the line of this?
>
> I think this is a seriously, seriously bad idea:
>
>> +#define strdup(x) pg_strdup(x)
>> +#define malloc(x) pg_malloc(x)
>> +#define calloc(x,y) pg_calloc(x, y)
>> +#define realloc(x,y) pg_realloc(x, y)
>
> as it will render the code unreadable to people expecting the normal
> behavior of these fundamental functions; not to mention break any
> call sites that have some other means of dealing with an alloc failure
> besides going belly-up.  Please take the trouble to do
> s/malloc/pg_malloc/g and so on, instead.

Ok, I'll try that approach. This seemed like a "nicer" approach, but I
think once written out, i agree with your arguments :-)

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