On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 12 December 2013 12:27, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> On 2013-12-11 08:13:18 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> >>> wrote: >>> > There's already a couple of SQL function dealing with XLogRecPtrs and >>> > the logical replication work will add a couple of more. Currently each >>> > of those funtions taking/returning an LSN does sprintf/scanf to >>> > print/parse the strings. Which both is awkward and potentially >>> > noticeable performancewise. >>> > >>> > It seems relatively simple to add a proper type, with implicit casts >>> > from text, instead? >>> >>> I'm pretty sure that this was discussed last year, and I voted for it >>> but more people >>> voted against it, so it died. I still think that was a mistake, but I >>> just work here. >> >> Ah. I missed or forgot that discussion. > > Hmm, don't recall that. Just in case I opposed it, its a good idea now.
I am happy to have my old patch resurrected - could become a trend. But someone should probably go back and check who objected and for what reasons. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers