Re: Faster NUMERIC implementation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Faster NUMERIC implementation
Date: 2003-03-20 18:33:16
Message-ID: 24999.1048185196@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> I already have to manually sync code (preproc.y <=> gram.y) and don't
> like the idea of having to do it with a lot more code.

I've been wondering for quite awhile if we couldn't find a way to avoid
manually duplicating the backend grammar in preproc.y. Seems like a
script could handle 99% of the conversion, generating the very stylized
actions you need.

regards, tom lane

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