Re: SendRowDescriptionMessage() is slow for queries with a lot of columns

On 2017-09-28 00:01:53 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> > Attached is an extension of the already existing pg_bswap.h that
> > a) adds 16 bit support
> > b) moves everything to inline functions, removing multiple evaluation
> > hazards that were present everywhere.
> > c) adds pg_nto{s,l,ll} and pg_hton{s,l,ll} wrappers that only do work
> > if necessary.
>
> Could we please not perpetuate the brain-dead "s" and "l" suffixes
> on these names? Given the lack of standardization as to how long
> "long" is, that's entirely unhelpful. I'd be fine with names like
> pg_ntoh16/32/64 and pg_hton16/32/64.

Yes. I'd polled a few people and they leaned towards those. But I'm
perfectly happy to do that renaming.

Greetings,

Andres Freund