Re: Rethinking the implementation of ts_headline()

Alexander Lakhin  writes:
> I've found that starting from commit 5a617d75 this query:
> SELECT ts_headline('english', 'To be, or not to be', to_tsquery('english', 'or'));
> invokes a valgrind-detected error:
> ==00:00:00:03.950 3241424== Invalid read of size 1

On my machine, I also see PG-reported errors such as "unrecognized
operator: 0".  It's a live bug all right.  We need to be more careful
about empty tsqueries.

> But the less-verbose call:
> SELECT ts_headline('', '');

> discovers a different error even on 5a617d75~1:
> ==00:00:00:04.113 3139158== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
> ==00:00:00:04.113 3139158==    at 0x77B44F: mark_fragment (wparser_def.c:2100)

Yeah, this one seems to be ancient sloppiness.  I don't think it has
any bad effect beyond annoying valgrind, but I fixed it anyway.

Thanks for the report!

			regards, tom lane