Re: freefuncs.c is never called from anywhere!?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: freefuncs.c is never called from anywhere!?
Date: 2000-06-09 17:34:43
Message-ID: 19665.960572083@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> writes:
>> IIRC, some people were concerned about the fact that freeObject()
>> couldn't possibly cope with circular structures, multiply-linked
>> subexpressions, etc. I don't think that's a problem for my intended
>> use in the relcache --- the only structures I'll be freeing are ones
>> previously read in by the node-reading functions, and those aren't
>> going to have any surprises like that.

> IMHO use separate memory context will better and more fast way than
> freeObject().

A separate memory context for each relcache entry? I don't think so...
contexts aren't likely to be *that* cheap. Especially since I'd
probably need at least two contexts per relcache entry in order to do it
that way.

regards, tom lane

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