Re: Avoid repeated scans of the output buffer in oidvectortypes()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid repeated scans of the output buffer in oidvectortypes()
Date: 2026-10-15 13:49:21
Message-ID: 1919824.1792072161@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 at 01:16, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> * v1 was slightly faster in my test. With debug and assertions disabled, v1 took about 20 ms and StringInfo about 24 ms, averaged over multiple runs.

> I doubt that matters very much.

I don't understand why we should spend any time whatsoever on
optimizing oidvectorout. There are epsilon real-world use-cases
that depend on that function, and surely none at all that care
about vectors longer than FUNC_MAX_ARGS or so. We have much
better places to spend our time.

regards, tom lane

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