| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PATCH: CITEXT 2.0 |
| Date: | 2008-07-07 18:54:02 |
| Message-ID: | 20080707185402.GC4681@alvh.no-ip.org |
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David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2008, at 11:44, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
>>> I'm confused. What's the difference between strncmp() and
>>> varstr_cmp()?
>>> And why would I use one in one place and the other elsewhere?
>>> Shouldn't
>>> they be used consistently?
>>
>> Not necessarily -- see texteq. I think the point is that varstr_cmp()
>> is a lot slower.
>
> Then why shouldn't I use strncmp() for all comparisons?
I have no idea :-) -- because it's not locale-aware perhaps.
--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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