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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/lib/stringinfo.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/lib/stringinfo.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/lib/stringinfo.h b/src/include/lib/stringinfo.h index 2cd636b01cf..cd9632e3fca 100644 --- a/src/include/lib/stringinfo.h +++ b/src/include/lib/stringinfo.h @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ typedef StringInfoData *StringInfo; * to be len + 1 in size. * * To destroy a StringInfo, pfree() the data buffer, and then pfree() the - * StringInfoData if it was palloc'd. There's no special support for this. + * StringInfoData if it was palloc'd. For StringInfos created with + * makeStringInfo(), destroyStringInfo() is provided for this purpose. * However, if the StringInfo was initialized using initReadOnlyStringInfo() * then the caller will need to consider if it is safe to pfree the data * buffer. @@ -233,4 +234,10 @@ extern void appendBinaryStringInfoNT(StringInfo str, */ extern void enlargeStringInfo(StringInfo str, int needed); +/*------------------------ + * destroyStringInfo + * Frees a StringInfo and its buffer (opposite of makeStringInfo()). + */ +extern void destroyStringInfo(StringInfo str); + #endif /* STRINGINFO_H */ |