Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:44:49 +0100
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Subject: Re: Using POPCNT and other advanced bit manipulation instructions
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org,Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,Alvaro
 Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
CC: Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>,David Rowley
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From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
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Hi,

On February 13, 2019 8:40:14 PM GMT+01:00, Tom Lane <tgl@sss=2Epgh=2Epa=2E=
us> wrote:
>Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant=2Ecom> writes:
>> I've pushed this now=2E  Let's see what the buildfarm has to say about
>it=2E
>
>It's likely to be hard to tell, given the amount of pink from the Ryu
>patch=2E  If Andrew is not planning to clean that up PDQ, I'd suggest
>reverting that patch pending having some repairs for it=2E

I'd assume that breaking bit counting would cause distinct enough damage (=
compile time or crashes)=2E  That's not to say that reverting ryu shouldn't=
 be considered (although I'm not that bothered by cross version, ia64 and c=
ygwin failures, especially because the latter two might be hard to come by =
outside the bf)=2E

Andres
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E