Hi, On 2018-07-15 16:41:35 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes: > > On 2018-07-09 19:56:25 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> Or, perhaps, use a struct in assert builds and int64 otherwise? > >> You could hide the ensuing notational differences in macros. > > > That should be doable. But I'd like to check if it's necessary > > first. Optimizing passing an 8 byte struct shouldn't be hard for > > compilers these days - especially when most things dealing with them are > > inline functions. If we find that it's not a problem on contemporary > > compilers, it might be worthwhile to use a bit more type safety in other > > places too. > > [ bunch of test results ] > Offhand it would seem that we can get away with struct wrappers > on any platform where performance is really of concern today.
Cool, thanks for checking! Greetings, Andres Freund
