Mark Dilger wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > >Mark Dilger wrote: > > > >>Looking through the postgresql source code, I notice that there are > >>many places were palloc is used but the return value is not checked > >>to see if it is null. > > > >palloc will throw an exception if it cannot fulfill the request. Code > >that checks the return value for null is in fact a waste. > > Interesting. So the patch should go the other way, and remove the checks > that are currently in the code?
Yes, if you find any such place please submit a patch. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
