Re: Locale by default?

From: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Locale by default?
Date: 2001-08-19 17:31:16
Message-ID: 3B7FF7E4.1A4806C7@postgresql.org
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Hi Peter,

Any idea of how many "extra memory moving operations" that would be?

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> It occurred to me that a server with locale features that is started in
> the C locale is going to behave the same as a server without locale
> features. The exception are a few extra memory moving operations. (I
> sincerely hope that all systems' libcs have optimized paths for the C
> locale.) So we could get rid of this --enable-locale switch altogether.
> Given our international user base, this would be an appropriate step and
> move the locale support out of the "cumbersome secondary feature"
> compartment. What do you think?
>
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