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 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 sure if it's
possible.
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