Re: [PATCH] Use ssup_datum_*_cmp for int2, oid, and oid8 sort support

On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 06:37:09PM -0500, Baji Shaik wrote:
> int2 uses ssup_datum_int32_cmp because there is no int16-specific
> helper, every int16 fits losslessly in int32, and int32_cmp is more
> efficient than signed_cmp (4-byte radix passes instead of 8).

That's nice for such a simple change.  That seems correct to me.
Could you add that to the next commit fest please at [1]?

> Other custom fastcmp users in core (float4/float8, varlena types)
> cannot be trivially switched due to NaN handling or locale-dependent
> comparison, so they are left as-is.

Nope, we cannot do that.

[1]: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/59/
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Michael