Re: Making type Datum be 8 bytes everywhere - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Making type Datum be 8 bytes everywhere
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Msg-id 1517712.1753890488@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Making type Datum be 8 bytes everywhere  (Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81@gmail.com>)
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Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 at 22:00, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I'm disinclined to put in a huge amount of effort looking for the
>> worst case.  We established long ago that we weren't going to
>> optimize for 32-bit anymore.  So as long as this doesn't completely
>> tank performance on 32-bit, I'm satisfied.  I'd almost say that
>> if standard pgbench doesn't notice the change, that's good enough.

> I did a basic pgbench benchmark on a 32-bit build and there is no change.

Thanks for doing that!  For me, that's enough evidence to move
forward.

            regards, tom lane



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