Allow the use of SmartString for strings
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- Rust
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Description
In databases there are a lot of textual codes, most of which are short.
Using smartstring (or equivalent) may result in performance improvement, although I have not benchmarked it.
The idea being that of avoiding allocations for short strings, which should be the majority of text in a database.
Is there a way to override the default mapping for string data types to SmartString?
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First determine how SeaORM maps database string types and whether that mapping can be overridden with SmartString or an equivalent; the work is done when the supported approach and its performance impact are established.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- database
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100