On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't think that's a cost worth caring about. > OK, I thought it was.
Space on the heap that never gets used is basically free. The OS won't actually allocate physical memory unless the pages are actually accessed. -- 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