Re: jsonapi type fixups

On 2024-06-20 Th 8:05 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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> On 2024-06-18 Tu 7:48 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I have this patch series that fixes up the types of the new
>> incremental JSON API a bit.  Specifically, it uses "const" throughout
>> so that the top-level entry points such as
>> pg_parse_json_incremental() can declare their arguments as const char
>> * instead of just char *.  This just works, it doesn't require any
>> new casting tricks.  In fact, it removes a few unconstify() calls.
>>
>> Also, a few arguments and variables that relate to object sizes
>> should be size_t rather than int.  At this point, this mainly makes
>> the API better self-documenting.  I don't think it actually works to
>> parse larger than 2 GB chunks (not tested).
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> I think this is mostly OK.
>
> The change at line 1857 of jsonapi.c looks dubious, though. The
> pointer variable p looks anything but constant. Perhaps I'm
> misunderstanding.

Ignore this comment, moment of brain fade. Of course it's the string
that's constant, not the pointer.

cheers

andrew

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