Re: Add RESPECT/IGNORE NULLS and FROM FIRST/LAST options

Thank you for the report!

> Coverity is not very happy with this patch.
> It's complaining that the result of window_gettupleslot
> is not checked, which seems valid:
> 
> 1503                 {
> 1504                     if (fetch_tuple)
>>>>     CID 1666587:         Error handling issues  (CHECKED_RETURN)
>>>>     Calling "window_gettupleslot" without checking return value (as is done elsewhere 8 out of 9 times).
> 1505                         window_gettupleslot(winobj, pos, slot);
> 1506                     if (!are_peers(winstate, slot, winstate->ss.ss_ScanTupleSlot))
> 1507                         return -1;

Yes, I forgot to check the return value of window_gettupleslot.

> and also that WinGetFuncArgInPartition is dereferencing
> a possibly-null "isout" pointer at several places, including
> 
>>>>     Dereferencing null pointer "isout".
> 3806                     if (*isout)        /* out of partition? */
> 
>>>>     Dereferencing null pointer "isout".
> 3817         if (!*isout && set_mark)
> 3818             WinSetMarkPosition(winobj, abs_pos);
> 
>>>>     Dereferencing null pointer "isout".
> 3817         if (!*isout && set_mark)
> 3818             WinSetMarkPosition(winobj, abs_pos);
> 
> The latter complaints seem to be because some places in
> WinGetFuncArgInPartition check for nullness of that pointer
> and some do not.  That looks like at least a latent bug
> to me.

Agreed.

Attached is a patch to fix the issue.

Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
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