Re: [HACKERS] Index creation takes for ever

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> If qsort is to blame, then maybe this patch could help.  It sorts
> >> equal key values on item pointer.  And if it doesn't help index
> >> creation speed, at least the resulting index has better correlation.
>
> > I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.
>
> I think this is a *very* dubious idea.  It introduces a low-level
> implementation dependency into our sort behavior on the strength of no
> more than an unfounded speculation that some platform's broken qsort
> might run faster.  Even if the speculation were proven true, I'd be
> hesistant to apply it.

Roger --- patch removed.  Thanks.

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