Reduce allocations in row processing.
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Description
After setting up some benchmarks it would be interesting to see if it would speed things up to back RowData with an Array[String] (with nulls) rather than a List[Option[String]]. This would require a more beefy API to support downstream usage.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing RowData representation and the benchmarks mentioned in the issue. Compare the allocation and performance results for Array[String] with nulls versus List[Option[String]], then determine the downstream API changes needed before deciding whether the representation change is worthwhile.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- postgres, scala
- Domain
- database
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100