Re: Use static inline functions for Float <-> Datum conversions

Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> writes:
> Now that we are OK with static inline functions, we can save some cycles 
> from floating-point functions, by turning Float4GetDatum, 
> Float8GetDatum, and DatumGetFloat8 into static inlines.

Looks good to me.

I wonder whether there is a compiler-dependent way of avoiding the union
trick ... or maybe gcc is already smart enough that it doesn't matter?
        regards, tom lane