Re: AIX FAQ addition - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: AIX FAQ addition
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Msg-id 436BFDC1.5030404@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: AIX FAQ addition  (Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
Responses Re: AIX FAQ addition  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Christopher Browne wrote:

>Actually, there is a reason NOT to apply the patch in general on all
>platforms; it introduces logic (an if {} else {} statement) in a place
>where there wasn't previously one, which *presumably* slows things
>down somewhat.  I don't know if the memcpy() calls are invoked so
>often as to make this material; it's hard to tell.
>
>

That's why they invented #ifdef ;-)

Of course, the patch is more than somewhat strange anyway. I don't think
it should be applied unless we actually know what's going on.

cheers

andrew

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