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.\"     Title: SPI_repalloc
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2018
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 10.4 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 10.4
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "SPI_REPALLOC" "3" "2018" "PostgreSQL 10.4" "PostgreSQL 10.4 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
SPI_repalloc \- reallocate memory in the upper executor context
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
void * SPI_repalloc(void * \fIpointer\fR, Size \fIsize\fR)
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBSPI_repalloc\fR
changes the size of a memory segment previously allocated using
\fBSPI_palloc\fR\&.
.PP
This function is no longer different from plain
\fBrepalloc\fR\&. It\*(Aqs kept just for backward compatibility of existing code\&.
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
void * \fIpointer\fR
.RS 4
pointer to existing storage to change
.RE
.PP
Size \fIsize\fR
.RS 4
size in bytes of storage to allocate
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.PP
pointer to new storage space of specified size with the contents copied from the existing area