> > > Only certain platforms do this optimization. I don't think we can fix
> > > it for 6.5, but it is good to know.
> > It is most likely a 64bit issue, since my RH-5.2/egcs-1.1.2 machine
> > does not show a problem (other than floating point funny business with
> > rounding).
> But hs is on an alpha. Could be very different optimizations on the
> different platforms, no?
Sure. But gcc support for Alphas has been around for years, so imho
the most likely cause for the difference is a size issue in Postgres,
not an inability on the part of gcc to optimize code.
- Thomas
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California