Re: Add pg_strtoupper and pg_strtolower functions

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 6:21 PM Bharath Rupireddy
<bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I came across pg_toupper and pg_tolower functions, converting a single
> character, are being used in loops to convert an entire
> null-terminated string. The cost of calling these character-based
> conversion functions (even though small) can be avoided if we have two
> new functions pg_strtoupper and pg_strtolower.

Have we measured the saving in cost? Let's say for a million character
long string?

>
> Attaching a patch with these new two functions and their usage in most
> of the possible places in the code.

Converting pg_toupper and pg_tolower to "inline" might save cost
similarly and also avoid code duplication?

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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat