Function nodeToBinaryStringFast

src/backend/nodes/outfast.c:1951–1967

* nodeToBinaryStringFast - * returns a binary representation of the Node as a palloc'd string */

 *	   returns a binary representation of the Node as a palloc'd string
 */
char *
nodeToBinaryStringFast(void *obj, int *length)
{
	StringInfoData str;
	int16 tg = (int16) 0xDEAD;

	/* see stringinfo.h for an explanation of this maneuver */
	initStringInfoOfSize(&str, 4096);

	_outNode(&str, obj);

	/* Add something special at the end that we can check in readfast.c */
	appendBinaryStringInfo(&str, (const char *)&tg, sizeof(int16));

	*length = str.len;
	return str.data;
}