From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:54:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add mention of why malloc() has to be used in snprintf.c.
X-Git-Tag: REL8_1_0BETA1~1168
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=683f60da3d837236de5c4249fa2a62c8a94616ca;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Add mention of why malloc() has to be used in snprintf.c.
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diff --git a/src/port/snprintf.c b/src/port/snprintf.c
index 4a8c7534307..38034b519d3 100644
--- a/src/port/snprintf.c
+++ b/src/port/snprintf.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  * causing nasty effects.
  **************************************************************/
 
-/*static char _id[] = "$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/snprintf.c,v 1.25 2005/03/20 03:53:39 momjian Exp $";*/
+/*static char _id[] = "$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/snprintf.c,v 1.26 2005/03/20 13:54:53 momjian Exp $";*/
 
 static void dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end);
 
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end)
 		if (*p == '%')			/* counts %% as two, so overcounts */
 			percents++;
 
+	/* Need to use malloc() because memory system might not be started yet. */
 	if ((fmtpar = malloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar) * percents)) == NULL)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));