Re: Is array_append O(n)? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rob Nikander
Subject Re: Is array_append O(n)?
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Msg-id BBFE0E5C-BC0C-446C-921A-E498DFFF48CC@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Is array_append O(n)?  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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> On Jun 18, 2019, at 7:37 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>
> On 2019-Jun-18, Rob Nikander wrote:
>
>> Does `array_append(arr, elt)` create a new array and copy everything?
>> In other words, is it O(n) or O(1)? […]
>
> Starting with 9.5, there's an optimization that I think is supposed to
> make it O(1):

Sweet! Thanks. Now I’d like to know how to tell if that optimization is being used, or not.

Same question for the a way to pop an element off the end in O(1) time.







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