Thread: BUG #18889: /src/backend/utils/adt/network.c condition is always false

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      18889
Logged by:          Daniel Elishakov
Email address:      dan-eli@mail.ru
PostgreSQL version: 17.4
Operating system:   Ubuntu 20.04
Description:

On line 282 there is a check of nb < 0, which is always false, so i think it
is better to be replaced with 'Assert(nb > 0);'

PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> On line 282 there is a check of nb < 0, which is always false, so i think it
> is better to be replaced with 'Assert(nb > 0);'

This one I do agree with getting rid of --- in fact, I don't
even see a need for an Assert.  Done at f27eb0325.

            regards, tom lane