Re: proposal: support empty string as separator for string_to_array - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: proposal: support empty string as separator for string_to_array
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Msg-id 13161.1248717107@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: proposal: support empty string as separator for string_to_array  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: proposal: support empty string as separator for string_to_array  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
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Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> I tested  implementation and it's about 30% faster than using regexp.

In a real application, that's going to be negligible compared to all the
other costs involved in pushing the data around.  And we still haven't
seen any in-the-field requests for this functionality, so even if the
gap were wider, I don't see the point of putting effort into it.
        regards, tom lane


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