I think that's backwards. We *are* passing them by reference, we should
be considering passing them by value.
//Magnus
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Added to TODO:
>
> * Consider allowing 64-bit integers to be passed by reference on 64-bit
> platforms
>
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> Neil Conway wrote:
>> On Tue, 2007-29-05 at 16:01 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> (I imagine someday we'll get around to allowing int8 to be pass-by-value
>>> on 64-bit platforms.)
>> This could really be a significant performance win: I'm planning to take
>> a look at doing it for 8.4.
>>
>> -Neil
>>
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