Re: pgsql: Speed up conversion of signed integers to C strings.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Speed up conversion of signed integers to C strings.
Date: 2010-11-20 04:47:16
Message-ID: 11604.1290228436@sss.pgh.pa.us
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I wrote:
> Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
>> Speed up conversion of signed integers to C strings.

> This patch breaks the build here:

... and while I'm looking at it, the added int8 regression test cases
definitely merit a WTF. They aren't testing what I would expect.
What they are testing is platform-specific behavior of excessive
shifting, which is why some of the buildfarm members are pink.

regards, tom lane

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