On 25-02-2012 09:23, Magnus Hagander wrote: > Do we even *need* the validate_xlog_location() function? If we just > remove those calls, won't we still catch all the incorrectly formatted > ones in the errors of the sscanf() calls? Or am I too deep into > weekend-mode and missing something obvious? > sscanf() is too fragile for input sanity check. Try pg_xlog_location_diff('12/3', '-10/0'), for example. I won't object removing that function if you protect xlog location input from silly users.
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