Re: Inlining comparators as a performance optimisation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Inlining comparators as a performance optimisation
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Msg-id 23428.1316618570@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Inlining comparators as a performance optimisation  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> This is a marvellous win, a huge gain from a small, isolated and
> easily tested change. By far the smallest amount of additional code to
> sorting we will have added and yet one of the best gains.

I think you forgot your cheerleader uniform.  A patch along these lines
is not going to be small, isolated, easily maintained, nor beneficial
for any but a small number of predetermined datatypes.
        regards, tom lane


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