Re: Support json_errdetail in FRONTEND builds

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org
Subject: Re: Support json_errdetail in FRONTEND builds
Date: 2024-03-15 20:56:22
Message-ID: CAD5tBc+3zuME6whirN-h8FMVAyEyFiZrYBj7u_atQcF-LmVLUw@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 10:15 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> > I can't see how refusing to free memory owned and controlled by someone
> else,
> > and throwing an error if attempted, wouldn't be a sound defensive
> programming
> > measure.
>
> I think the argument is about what "refusal" looks like.
> An Assert seems OK to me, but anything based on elog is
> likely to be problematic, because it'll involve exit()
> somewhere.
>
>
>

Yeah, I agree an Assert seems safest here.

I'd like to get this done ASAP so I can rebase my incremental parse
patchset. Daniel, do you want to commit it? If not, I can.

cheers

andrew

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