Re: Faster StrNCpy

Tom,

Let us know when you've added strlcpy () and we'll be happy to run some tests on the new code.

David

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From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org on behalf of Tom Lane
Sent: Tue 9/26/2006 7:25 PM
To: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org; Neil Conway; Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Faster StrNCpy

Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>> What I'd like to do immediately is put in strlcpy() and hit the two or
>> three places I think are performance-relevant.

> Immediately? Presumably you mean for 8.3?

No, I mean now. This is a performance bug and it's still open season on
bugs. If we were close to having a release-candidate version, I'd hold
off, but the above proposal seems sufficiently low-risk for the current
stage of the cycle.

regards, tom lane

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