Re: alloca (was: Postgres Speed or lack thereof)

Goran Thyni <goran@kirra.net>

From: Goran Thyni <goran@kirra.net>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 1999-01-26T23:35:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> Before this patch is applied, havae we determined wheteher or not its even
> a useful thing to pursue?  I thought the general conscious was that, for
> us, it wasn't...

I would have to investigate further before making any final judgement.
But having the test in configure/config.h can't hurt should me or
someone
else find a worthwhile speedup using alloca, can it?

If you want something more substantial you have to wait,
I just posted the patch to make it available to other
eager investigators.

	happy hacking,
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