On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 21:11, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 17:48, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> > Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> >> Something along the line of this?
>> >
>> > I think this is a seriously, seriously bad idea:
>> >
>> >> +#define strdup(x) pg_strdup(x)
>> >> +#define malloc(x) pg_malloc(x)
>> >> +#define calloc(x,y) pg_calloc(x, y)
>> >> +#define realloc(x,y) pg_realloc(x, y)
>> >
>> > as it will render the code unreadable to people expecting the normal
>> > behavior of these fundamental functions; not to mention break any
>> > call sites that have some other means of dealing with an alloc failure
>> > besides going belly-up. ?Please take the trouble to do
>> > s/malloc/pg_malloc/g and so on, instead.
>>
>> Ok, I'll try that approach. This seemed like a "nicer" approach, but I
>> think once written out, i agree with your arguments :-)
>
> Where are we on this?
It's still sitting on my personal TODO list, just not with a really
high priority.
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