| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Tom Dunstan <pgsql(at)tomd(dot)cc>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Enums patch v2 |
| Date: | 2006-12-19 14:58:48 |
| Message-ID: | 20061219145848.GK27098@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> As for efficiency, I agree with what Tom says about alignment and
> padding dissolving away any perceived advantage in most cases. If we
> ever get around to optimising record layout we could revisit it.
I don't, because there are always those that are knowledgeable enough to
know how to reduce space lost to padding. So it would be nice to have
2-byte enums on-disk, and resolve them based on the column's typid. But
then, I'm not familiar with the patch at all so I'm not sure if it's
possible.
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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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