On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 04:49:51PM +0300, Aleksander Alekseev wrote: > Hi, > > > > While working on a talk, I studied the number of code line changes in > > > each major release, and found PG 17 surprisingly reduced code line count > > > by 10%. To get the code line count, I used /pgtop/src/tools/codelines, > > > which runs: > > > > [..] > > Overall, there is a 4% increase according to this tool. What is > > convenient about `cloc` - you can count only what you want, e.g. code > > without comments, etc. > > Oops, I didn't notice that you were comparing PG16 and PG17. Still, > the result with `cloc` is similar, +4% approximately. Apologies for > the noise.
Yes, that is another discussion we can have --- whether line count alone is what we want. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
