Tom Lane f7a4ece56c Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely. ...

fuzzystrmatch's difference() function assumes that _soundex()
always initializes its output buffer fully.  This was not so for
the case of a string containing no alphabetic characters, resulting
in unstable output and Valgrind complaints.

Fix by using memset() to fill the whole buffer in the early-exit
case.  Also make some cosmetic improvements (I didn't care for the
random switches between "instr[0]" and "*instr" notation).

Report and diagnosis by Alexander Lakhin (bug #17935).
Back-patch to all supported branches.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]

2023-05-16 10:53:42 -04:00

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fuzzystrmatch.sql

Ensure Soundex difference() function handles empty input sanely.

2023-05-16 10:53:42 -04:00