Re: [HACKERS] Beta2?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Beta2?
Date: 1999-05-11 14:20:06
Message-ID: 13395.926432406@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
>> OK, I guess that's reasonable for m68k hardware. I wonder whether
>> anything is assuming that MAXALIGN is at least 4...

> BTW, from interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c:
> * Requirements for correct function are:
> * PGRESULT_ALIGN_BOUNDARY >= sizeof(pointer)
> * to ensure the initial pointer in a block is not overwritten.
> [snip]
> #define PGRESULT_ALIGN_BOUNDARY MAXIMUM_ALIGNOF /* from configure */

I think you've spotted the problem, all right. I'll see what I can do
about it...

regards, tom lane

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