"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> Do you agree that using a hashtable for it in general is a good idea
> assuming this sideeffect is removed, though?
I have no problem with the hashtable, only with preloading it with
everything. What I'd like to see is that the table inherited at fork()
contains just the data for the default timezone. (At least in the
normal case where that setting hasn't been changed since postmaster
start.)
regards, tom lane