Re: get_progname() should not be const char *? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Phil Sorber <phil@omniti.com> writes:
>> get_progname() returns a strdup()'d value. Shouldn't it then be simply
>> char * and not const char *? Otherwise free() complains loudly without
>> a cast.
>
> I don't believe that callers should be trying to free() the result.
> Whether it's been strdup'd or not is not any of their business.

Is that just because of the nature of this specific function?

>
>                         regards, tom lane