On 12/18/14, 9:21 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
As it stands, no extension can use the numeric type in any non-trivial >way without paying a large penalty for repeated pallocs and data copies. >Given that the ability to write C extensions easily is one of pg's great >strengths, this is a defect that should be corrected.
If copying data/palloc is the root of numeric's performance problems then we need to address that, because it will provide benefit across the entire database. The pattern of (palloc; copy) is repeated throughout a large part of the codebase. -- Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
