Re: Don't pass NULL pointer to strcmp(). - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Xing Guo
Subject Re: Don't pass NULL pointer to strcmp().
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Msg-id CACpMh+DHNHxU_1xYePg_DieS5cRaGuGz2A0hZLs=z3D5A5O9Vg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Don't pass NULL pointer to strcmp().  (Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Don't pass NULL pointer to strcmp().
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Hi,

Seems that Tom's patch cannot be applied to the current master branch.
I just re-generate the patch for others to play with.

On 11/2/23, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 10:39:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
>>> What if we disallowed NULL string GUCs in v17?
>>
>> Well, we'd need to devise some other solution for hacks like the
>> one used by timezone_abbreviations (see comment in
>> check_timezone_abbreviations).  I think it's not worth the trouble,
>> especially seeing that 95% of guc.c is already set up for this.
>> The bugs are mostly in newer code like get_explain_guc_options,
>> and I think that's directly traceable to the lack of any comments
>> or docs about this behavior.
>
> Eh, yeah, it's probably not worth it if we find ourselves trading one set
> of hacks for another.
>
> --
> Nathan Bossart
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Best Regards,
Xing

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