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From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: pg_malloc() versus malloc(0)
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In response to pg_malloc() versus malloc(0)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg_malloc() versus malloc(0)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 1 October 2012 15:00, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> 1. Teach pg_malloc not to complain if result == NULL and size == 0.

+1 to that proposal.

> 2. Before the malloc call, have it replace size == 0 with size = 1.

I don't like that proposal on purely aesthetic grounds.

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