| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Goran Thyni <goran(at)kirra(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: alloca (was: Postgres Speed or lack thereof) |
| Date: | 1999-01-25 05:38:54 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.05.9901250137410.76634-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Goran Thyni wrote:
> The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> > BUGS
> > The alloca() function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.
>
> Gain a big potential speed boost, loose some portability.
> I think most modern unices has a good alloca, DOS and Mac
> don't, but who's porting the server there?
>
> Any unices out there missing alloca?
Make you a deal...
You build the code such that "#ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA" is true, so that those
platforms that either don't support it, or have broken suport for it,
aren't affect, and you are most welcome to work on it...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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