Tom,
> I don't think this one is that far away either. I've been holding Bryce
> and Ramon's feet to the fire on the issue of possible downside, but so
> far there's not really much evidence of any *actual* as opposed to
> theoretical downside.
What sorts of operations would we test which could potentially show a
performance downside? I have to admit I don't really understand what
use-cases this patch is meant to improve.
--Josh