Thread: pgsql: Use abbreviated keys for faster sorting of numeric datums.

Use abbreviated keys for faster sorting of numeric datums.

Andrew Gierth, reviewed by Peter Geoghegan, with further tweaks by me.

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/abd94bcac4582903765be7be959d1dbc121df0d0

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c  |  458 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c     |    3 -
src/include/catalog/catversion.h |    2 +-
src/include/catalog/pg_amproc.h  |    1 +
src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h    |    2 +
src/include/utils/builtins.h     |    1 +
src/include/utils/guc.h          |    4 +
7 files changed, 467 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)