Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FUNC_MAX_ARGS benchmarks
Date: 2002-08-11 00:22:38
Message-ID: 17505.1029025358@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Do we have agreement to increate FUNC_MAX_ARGS to 32?

I believe so.

> NAMEDATALEN will be 64 or 128 in 7.3. At this point, we better decide
> which one we prefer.
> The conservative approach would be to go for 64 and perhaps increase it
> again in 7.4 after we get feedback and real-world usage. If we go to
> 128, we will have trouble decreasing it if there are performance
> problems.

It seems fairly clear to me that there *are* performance problems,
at least in some scenarios. I think we should go to 64. There doesn't
seem to be a lot of real-world demand for more than that, despite what
the spec says ...

regards, tom lane

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