On Fri, Feb 17, 2023, at 21:26, Andres Freund wrote:
> Removing the free_var()s from numeric_add_opt_error() speeds it up from ~361ms
> to ~338ms.
I notice numeric_add_opt_error() is extern and declared in numeric.h,
called from e.g. timestamp.c and jsonpath_exec.c. Is that a problem,
i.e. is there a risk it could be used in a for loop by some code outside Numeric?
> This code really needs some memory management overhead reduction love. Many
> allocation could be avoided by having a small on-stack "buffer" that's used
> unless the numeric is large.
Nice idea!
Could something like the attached patch work?
/Joel
