Re: MemSet inline for newNode

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MemSet inline for newNode
Date: 2002-11-11 18:08:30
Message-ID: 3167.1037038110@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I can't do MemSet in a macro that returns a value, as palloc requires.
> MemSet has a loop, and that can't be done in a macro that returns a value.

Hm. How did Neil test this originally --- was he relying on being able
to "inline" newNode()?

Anyway, I don't think that passing an extra parameter can be a win.
If there has to be a runtime test, testing whether the two low bits
of the length are zero is probably about the same speed as testing a
boolean parameter. It's unlikely to be enough slower to justify the
cost of passing another parameter.

regards, tom lane

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