On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Marios Vodas <mvo...@gmail.com> wrote: > C doesn't break on free(NULL) so why is pfree developed to break on NULL? > Is there any way in PostgreSQL to overcome this so that it won't break, > apart from checking if the pointer NULL?
I think that free(NULL) works on some platforms but not all. I don't see what advantage we'd get out of making pfree(NULL) silently work, and there's a clear disadvantage: it would remove a useful sanity check. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
