Re: hashing improvements

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Neil Conway wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've attached a simple patch which should improve the performance of
> hashname() and reduce the penalty incured when NAMEDATALEN is increased.
> I posted this to -hackers a couple days ago, and there haven't been any
> major complaints. It passes the regression tests. See -hackers for more
> discussion, as well as the suggestion from Tom Lane on which this patch
> is based.
>
> Unless anyone sees any problems, please apply for 7.3.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
>
> --
> Neil Conway <neilconway(at)rogers(dot)com>
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