Re: Move bki file pre-processing from initdb to bootstrap

On 01.09.23 14:37, Tom Lane wrote:
> Krishnakumar R  writes:
>> This patch moves the pre-processing for tokens in the bki file from
>> initdb to bootstrap. With these changes the bki file will only be
>> opened once in bootstrap and parsing will be done by the bootstrap
>> parser.
> 
> You haven't provided any iota of evidence why this would be an
> improvement.

I had played with similar ideas in the past, because it would shave some 
time of initdb, which would accumulate noticeably over a full test run.

But now with the initdb caching mechanism, I wonder whether this is 
still needed.