in src/hll_sketch_pg_functions.c [285:317]
Datum pg_hll_sketch_serialize_state(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) {
struct hll_agg_state* stateptr;
struct ptr_with_size bytes_out;
MemoryContext oldcontext;
MemoryContext aggcontext;
if (PG_ARGISNULL(0)) PG_RETURN_NULL();
if (!AggCheckCallContext(fcinfo, &aggcontext)) {
elog(ERROR, "hll_sketch_serialize_state called in non-aggregate context");
}
oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(aggcontext);
stateptr = (struct hll_agg_state*) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
if (stateptr->type == UNION) {
if (stateptr->tgt_type) {
stateptr->ptr = hll_union_get_result_tgt_type(stateptr->ptr, stateptr->tgt_type);
} else {
stateptr->ptr = hll_union_get_result(stateptr->ptr);
}
}
bytes_out = hll_sketch_serialize(stateptr->ptr, VARHDRSZ + 2);
((char*)bytes_out.ptr)[VARHDRSZ] = stateptr->lg_k;
((char*)bytes_out.ptr)[VARHDRSZ + 1] = stateptr->tgt_type;
hll_sketch_delete(stateptr->ptr);
pfree(stateptr);
SET_VARSIZE(bytes_out.ptr, bytes_out.size);
MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(bytes_out.ptr);
}