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Re: [PATCH] Custom code int(32|64) => text conversions out of performance reasons

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-11-02T07:13:58Z
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On sön, 2010-10-31 at 22:41 +0100, Andres Freund wrote:
> * I renamed pg_[il]toa to pg_s(16|32|64)toa - I found the names
> confusing. Not sure if its worth it.

Given that there are widely established functions atoi() and atol(),
naming the reverse itoa() and ltoa() makes a lot of sense.  The changed
versions read like "string to ASCII".