Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> On 22 Feb 2018, at 05:12, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Another idea is just to teach addlitchar to realloc the buffer bigger
>> when necessary.
> I think this is the best approach for the task, the attached patch changes the
> static allocation to instead realloc when required. Having an upper limit on
> the allocation seemed like a good idea to me, but perhaps it’s overthinking and
> complicating things for no good reason.
Yeah, it doesn't seem to me that we need any fixed limit on the length,
so I deleted that part of the logic, and pushed it with one or two other
cosmetic adjustments.
regards, tom lane