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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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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.

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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

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