On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 15:44 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > I propose that we do the following: > > 1. Switch to using port/qsort.c all the time. > 2. Add a "qsort_arg" function that is identical to qsort except it also > passes a void pointer through to the comparison function. This will > allow us to get rid of the non-reentrant static variable and extra > level of function call in tuplesort.c. > 3. Insert a CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS() call as was requested back in July. > With glibc out of the way, there's no longer a reason to fear memory > leakage from cancelling a sort.
+1 from me. I can implement this (for 8.3, naturally), unless you'd prefer to do it yourself. -Neil ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org