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Tom Lane 9aab83fc50 Redesign get_attstatsslot()/free_attstatsslot() for more safety and speed. 
The mess cleaned up in commit da0759600 is clear evidence that it's a
bug hazard to expect the caller of get_attstatsslot()/free_attstatsslot()
to provide the correct type OID for the array elements in the slot.
Moreover, we weren't even getting any performance benefit from that,
since get_attstatsslot() was extracting the real type OID from the array
anyway.  So we ought to get rid of that requirement; indeed, it would
make more sense for get_attstatsslot() to pass back the type OID it found,
in case the caller isn't sure what to expect, which is likely in binary-
compatible-operator cases.

Another problem with the current implementation is that if the stats array
element type is pass-by-reference, we incur a palloc/memcpy/pfree cycle
for each element.  That seemed acceptable when the code was written because
we were targeting O(10) array sizes --- but these days, stats arrays are
almost always bigger than that, sometimes much bigger.  We can save a
significant number of cycles by doing one palloc/memcpy/pfree of the whole
array.  Indeed, in the now-probably-common case where the array is toasted,
that happens anyway so this method is basically free.  (Note: although the
catcache code will inline any out-of-line toasted values, it doesn't
decompress them.  At the other end of the size range, it doesn't expand
short-header datums either.  In either case, DatumGetArrayTypeP would have
to make a copy.  We do end up using an extra array copy step if the element
type is pass-by-value and the array length is neither small enough for a
short header nor large enough to have suffered compression.  But that
seems like a very acceptable price for winning in pass-by-ref cases.)

Hence, redesign to take these insights into account.  While at it,
convert to an API in which we fill a struct rather than passing a bunch
of pointers to individual output arguments.  That will make it less
painful if we ever want further expansion of what get_attstatsslot can
pass back.

It's certainly arguable that this is new development and not something to
push post-feature-freeze.  However, I view it as primarily bug-proofing
and therefore something that's better to have sooner not later.  Since
we aren't quite at beta phase yet, let's put it in.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16364.1494520862@sss.pgh.pa.us
 		2017-05-13 15:14:39 -04:00
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README 

PostgreSQL Database Management System
=====================================

This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.

PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:

	http://www.postgresql.org/download

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
http://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.