"Tom Dunstan" <pgsql@tomd.cc> writes:
>> Looks like we need to check the length on type creation
>> too.
> It works for me (ie fails with an appropriate error) locally
> on Linux FC6 x86-64. Perhaps this platform initializes
> memory to zero on allocation?
Sounds more like you're testing without asserts enabled; tut tut.
regards, tom lane