Re: change palloc to malloc

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Nguyen Hai <nguyen_hai91@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-03-15T23:29:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Nguyen Hai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to convert palloc back to malloc?
> If so, what should I do to make the change?

You can, but palloc is automatically freed at the end of a query, while
malloc has to be freed in the code.  Why do you want to make the
switch?

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