Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> writes: >> On 22 Feb 2018, at 05:12, Tom Lane <t...@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