Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
Also, it's not just I/O functions that are the issue, consider the
enum-to-integer cast.
er, what cast? :-)
IIRC Tom hasn't provided one. If you don't break the enum abstraction
there should be no need for one, and given the implementation it's not
quite tri
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 01:39:58AM +, Tom Dunstan wrote:
> Not with this patch, and AFAIK not possible generally, without writing
> separate I/O functions for each type. I'd love to be able to do that,
> but I don't think it's possible currently. The main stumbling block is
> the output func
Alvaro Herrera wrote:
I don't, because there are always those that are knowledgeable enough to
know how to reduce space lost to padding. So it would be nice to have
2-byte enums on-disk, and resolve them based on the column's typid. But
then, I'm not familiar with the patch at all so I'm not su
"Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm not a big fan of ordering columns to optimise record layout, except in the
> most extreme cases (massive DW type apps). I think visible column order should
> be logical, not governed by physical considerations.
Well as long as we're talking "shou
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't, because there are always those that are knowledgeable enough to
> know how to reduce space lost to padding. So it would be nice to have
> 2-byte enums on-disk, and resolve them based on the column's typid. But
> then, I'm not familiar with the
Alvaro Herrera wrote:
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
As for efficiency, I agree with what Tom says about alignment and
padding dissolving away any perceived advantage in most cases. If we
ever get around to optimising record layout we could revisit it.
I don't, because there are always those
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> As for efficiency, I agree with what Tom says about alignment and
> padding dissolving away any perceived advantage in most cases. If we
> ever get around to optimising record layout we could revisit it.
I don't, because there are always those that are knowledgeable enou
