Re: [HACKERS] chomp PQerrorMessage() in backend uses

On 2/8/17 11:00, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>> Here is a patch to systematically trim the trailing newlines off
>> PQerrorMessage() results in backend uses (dblink, postgres_fdw,
>> libpqwalreceiver).
> 
> +1

committed

>> I noticed that there are some inconsistent assumptions about whether
>> PQerrorMessage() can ever return NULL.  From the code, I think that
>> should not be possible, but some code appears to be prepared for it.
>> Other code is not.  What is correct?
> 
> libpq.sgml doesn't specify, so it's hard to argue that either position
> is "correct".  I don't mind resolving the ambiguity via a documentation
> change though.  I'd want to see it also cover other corner cases like
> what if there hasn't been an error on the connection.

I didn't dare to venture deeper into this right now.  The committed
change shouldn't gain or lose anything with respect to this question.

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