Added to TODO: o Allow single-byte header storage for arrays
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Forgot to mention: one of the revisions was to not add the "sizes.sql" > >> test, because the output was platform-dependent and is likely to get > >> more so if any ability to change the toast thresholds gets put in. > >> Can we improve that test to not expose any platform-dependent numbers? > > > I had imagined that we would have two versions of output files. Other than > > 32-bit versus 64-bit what other platform-dependent variations enter into it? > > If there'd be only two then I'd be all right with it, but I'm worried > that making TOAST thresholds configurable would result in lots more > possible outputs than that. > > BTW, another area that should be kept on the TODO list is to see whether > it makes sense to support 1-byte-header format for array elements. > I looked at that briefly while reviewing the patch but decided it was a > large additional chunk of work and not on the critical path. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly