On 11 December 2012 12:18, Boszormenyi Zoltan <z...@cybertec.at> wrote:
>>> Such mechanism already exist - you just need to set >>> your PGresult pointer to NULL after each PQclear(). >> >> So why doesn't PQclear() do that? > > > Because then PQclear() would need a ** not a *. Do you want its > interface changed for 9.3 and break compatibility with previous versions? No, but we should introduce a new public API call that is safer, otherwise we get people continually re-inventing new private APIs that Do the Right Thing, as the two other respondents have shown. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers