Also, can someone tell my why we use malloc in plpgsql?


> In this bit of code in src/pl/plpgsql/src/gram.y in the current CVS
> sources, curname_def is defined as PLpgSQL_expr * but it is is
> allocated the space required for a PLpgSQL_var.  This looks like a
> bug.
> 
> Ian
> 
>                               | decl_varname K_CURSOR decl_cursor_args decl_is_from 
>K_SELECT decl_cursor_query
>                                       {
>                                               PLpgSQL_var *new;
>                                               PLpgSQL_expr *curname_def;
>                                               char            buf[1024];
>                                               char            *cp1;
>                                               char            *cp2;
> 
>                                               plpgsql_ns_pop();
> 
>                                               new = malloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
>                                               memset(new, 0, sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
> 
>                                               curname_def = 
>malloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
>                                               memset(curname_def, 0, 
>sizeof(PLpgSQL_var));
> 
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