On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 15:44 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> I propose that we do the following:
>
> 1. Switch to using port/qsort.c all the time.
> 2. Add a "qsort_arg" function that is identical to qsort except it also
> passes a void pointer through to the comparison function. This will
> allow us to get rid of the non-reentrant static variable and extra
> level of function call in tuplesort.c.
> 3. Insert a CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS() call as was requested back in July.
> With glibc out of the way, there's no longer a reason to fear memory
> leakage from cancelling a sort.
+1 from me.
I can implement this (for 8.3, naturally), unless you'd prefer to do it
yourself.
-Neil