Re: freefuncs.c is never called from anywhere!? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Karel Zak
Subject Re: freefuncs.c is never called from anywhere!?
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.3.96.1000609190835.7056C-100000@ara.zf.jcu.cz
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In response to Re: freefuncs.c is never called from anywhere!?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Tom Lane wrote:

> > Any status on this?
> 
> Nothing done about it yet.
> 
> IIRC, some people were concerned about the fact that freeObject()
> couldn't possibly cope with circular structures, multiply-linked
> subexpressions, etc.  I don't think that's a problem for my intended
> use in the relcache --- the only structures I'll be freeing are ones
> previously read in by the node-reading functions, and those aren't
> going to have any surprises like that.
IMHO use separate memory context will better and more fast way than 
freeObject(). I use this method in my suggested query cache and in the 
SPI (in SPI_freeplan()) and it is very good (without potential leaks).

All in backend/nodes are (IMHO) very dificult keep up and recursion is
and not gratis feature too. (Homework: write PG in Fortran :-) 
                    Karel



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