pstrdup(TextDatumGetCString(foo)) ?

Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net> writes:

I am encountering, here and there, an idiom like
pstrdup(TextDatumGetCString(foo))

or a pre-8.4 version,

pstrdup(DatumGetCString(DirectFunctionCall1(textout, foo)))

It's leading me to question my sanity because it appears to me
that both text_to_cstring (underlying TextDatumGetCString) and
textout already return a string palloc'd in the current context,
and that pstrdup (without any change of context) can't be accomplishing
anything. I'm probably missing something crucial, but what?

No, you're right: pstrdup in that context is a useless waste of cycles and
memory.

A quick grep in the current PG sources shows me only two occurrences of
the former, both in the same function and both doubtless introduced by
the same misinformed author. I find no occurrences of the latter.

regards, tom lane

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