Re: Speedup usages of pg_*toa() functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Gierth
Subject Re: Speedup usages of pg_*toa() functions
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Msg-id 87h7vk6y4k.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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In response to Re: Speedup usages of pg_*toa() functions  (Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com>)
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>>>>> "Ranier" == Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com> writes:

 Ranier> Written like that, wouldn't it get better?

 Ranier> int
 Ranier> pg_lltoa(int64 value, char *a)
 Ranier> {
 Ranier>     if (value < 0)
 Ranier>     {
 Ranier>         int         len = 0;
 Ranier>         uint64      uvalue = (uint64) 0 - uvalue;
 Ranier>         a[len++] = '-';
 Ranier>         len += pg_ulltoa_n(uvalue, a + len);
 Ranier>         a[len] = '\0';
 Ranier>         return len;
 Ranier>     }
 Ranier>     else
 Ranier>         return pg_ulltoa_n(value, a);
 Ranier> }

No. While it doesn't matter so much for pg_lltoa since that's unlikely
to inline multiple pg_ulltoa_n calls, if you do pg_ltoa like this it (a)
ends up with two copies of pg_ultoa_n inlined into it, and (b) you don't
actually save any useful amount of time. Your version is also failing to
add the terminating '\0' for the positive case and has other obvious
bugs.

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)



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