Re: popcount

On 18.03.21 13:51, John Naylor wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Just a nitpick:
> 
> +SET bytea_output TO hex;
> 
> Since we don't see the string in the output, I don't immediately see the 
> reason to change the output format here?
> 
> Aside from that, this patch works as expected, and is ready for committer.

I have now read the entire internet on what a suitable name for this 
function could be.  I think the emerging winner is BIT_COUNT(), which 
already exists in MySQL, and also in Python (int.bit_count()) and Java 
(Integer.bitCount()).