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NAME
SPI_palloc - allocate memory in the upper executor context
SYNOPSIS
void * SPI_palloc(Size size)
DESCRIPTION
SPI_palloc allocates memory in the upper executor context.
ARGUMENTS
Size size
size in bytes of storage to allocate
RETURN VALUE
pointer to new storage space of the specified size