Re: Improve the performance of Unicode Normalization Forms.

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM Alexander Borisov <lex(dot)borisov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> 5. The server part "lost weight" in the binary, but the frontend
> "gained weight" a little.
>
> I read the old commits, which say that the size of the frontend is very
> important and that speed is not important
> (speed is important on the server).
> I'm not quite sure what to do if this is really the case. Perhaps
> we should leave the slow version for the frontend.

In the "small" patch, the frontend files got a few kB bigger, but the
backend got quite a bit smaller. If we decided to go with this patch,
I'd say it's preferable to do it in a way that keeps both paths the
same.

> How was it tested?
> Four files were created for each normalization form: NFC, NFD, NFKC,
> and NFKD.
> The files were sent via pgbench. The files contain all code points that
> need to be normalized.
> Unfortunately, the patches are already quite large, but if necessary,
> I can send these files in a separate email or upload them somewhere.

What kind of workload do they present?
Did you consider running the same tests from the thread that lead to
the current implementation?

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John Naylor
Amazon Web Services