> On 06 Sep 2017, at 07:13, David Rowley <david.row...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > On 6 September 2017 at 00:43, Daniel Gustafsson <dan...@yesql.se> wrote: >> This patch was moved to the currently open Commitfest. Given the above >> comment, is the last patch in this thread still up for review, or are you >> working on a new version? Just to avoid anyone reviewing an outdated >> version. > > Hi Daniel, > > I've not had time to work on a new version yet and I can't imagine > that I will for quite some time. > > The idea I had to remove the quadratic search on the list was to add > to or modify equal() in equalfuncs.c to have it return -1, 0, +1 and > use that as a comparison function in a binary search tree. The Btree > would complement List as a way of storing Nodes in no particular > order, but in a way that a Node can be found quickly. There's likely > more than a handful of places in the planner that would benefit from > this already. > > It's not a 5-minute patch and it probably would see some resistance, > so won't have time to look at this soon. > > If the possibility of this increasing planning time in corner cases is > going to be a problem, then it might be best to return this with > feedback for now and I'll resubmit if I get time later in the cycle.
For now I’ve marked this “Waiting on Author” awaiting a new patch for the community to consider. If there is no time to hack on this in the current CF (which seems likely given your mail above) I’ll move it to the next CF as this one draws to a close. cheers ./daniel -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
