Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I agree with that, but I think your idea of not making the pg_shdepend
>> entries is a pointless and possibly dangerous micro-optimization.
>> How much actual speedup would it provide, anyway?
> Speedup? Not sure -- I'm more worried about catalog bloat for people
> who create lots of temp tables.
They're going to have far more bloat in pg_class, pg_attribute, etc.
A more useful thing to do to save catalog bloat would be to stop storing
the 100%-predictable pg_attribute entries for system columns --- that'd
save six or seven rows per table, not just one.
regards, tom lane
