Re: Performance improvements for src/port/snprintf.c - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2018-10-03 13:31:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I do not see the point of messing with snprintf.c here.  I doubt that
>> strfromd is faster than the existing sprintf call (because the latter
>> can use ".*" instead of serializing and deserializing the precision).

> I'm confused, the numbers I posted clearly show that it's faster?

Those were in the context of whether float8out went through snprintf.c
or directly to strfromd, no?

            regards, tom lane