Re: [HACKERS] type cache for concat functions

Hi Pavel,

I tried applying your patch, it applies and compiles fine, check and checkworld pass.

I ran a simple performance test, select concat(generate_series(1,100000), ... [x5 total]) vs select generate_series(1,100000)::text || ... .
Operator || runs in 60 ms, while unpatched concat takes 90 and patched -- 55 ms.

About the code:
* There seems to be an extra tab here:
FmgrInfo    *typcache;
It's not aligned with the previous declaration with tab size 4.

* You could allocate the cache and store it into the context inside rebuildConcatCache. It would return return the cache pointer, and the calling code would look cleaner -- just one line. This is a matter of taste though.

* The nearby functions use snake_case, so it should be rebuild_concat_cache too.

Overall the patch looks good to me.

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