Speed up hex_encode with bytewise lookup

Previously, hex_encode looked up each nibble of the input
separately. We now use a larger lookup table containing the two-byte
encoding of every possible input byte, resulting in a 1/3 reduction
in encoding time.

Reviewed by Tom Lane, Michael Paquier, Nathan Bossart, David Rowley

Discussion: 
https://postgr.es/m/CANWCAZZvXuJMgqMN4u068Yqa19CEjS31tQKZp_qFFFbgYfaXqQ%40mail.gmail.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e24d77080b365265f3c854f64e71518622883678

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/encode.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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