Re: alloca (was: Postgres Speed or lack thereof)

The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> Before this patch is applied, havae we determined wheteher or not its even
> a useful thing to pursue?  I thought the general conscious was that, for
> us, it wasn't...

I would have to investigate further before making any final judgement.
But having the test in configure/config.h can't hurt should me or
someone
else find a worthwhile speedup using alloca, can it?

If you want something more substantial you have to wait,
I just posted the patch to make it available to other
eager investigators.
happy hacking,
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