Noted with versions 7.0.3, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1:

Noted with versions 7.0.3, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1:

The psql interpreter becomes unstable if variable substitutions
are used.  The debugger GDB was unable to help however mpatrol
reports that the sprintf at mainloop.c:389 is steping one byte
farther than the allocation.

William K. Volkman