Re: Sort Refinement

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 18:08 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Currently, our sort algorithm assumes that its input is unsorted. So if
> > your data is sorted on (a) and you would like it to be sorted on (a,b)
> > then we need to perform the full sort of (a,b).
> 
> Simon, would it be too much to ask that you concentrate on reviewing
> existing patches during commit fest?  Trying to get people to think
> about random new ideas is about the most direct undermining of the
> commit-fest concept that I can think of.  Save 'em for later.

That's a fair reminder, thanks, I will do that.

I have no wish at all to undermine things.

--  Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant  http://www.2ndQuadrant.com 
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