Re: [RFC] SLIM Data Type - Compact JSON Alternative (17-62% smaller) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andreas Karlsson
Subject Re: [RFC] SLIM Data Type - Compact JSON Alternative (17-62% smaller)
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Msg-id 1db1e0a3-7c77-4827-a3cc-6d30adbc3102@proxel.se
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In response to [RFC] SLIM Data Type - Compact JSON Alternative (17-62% smaller)  (Marco Matteucci <marco.matteucci.1972@gmail.com>)
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On 1/10/26 5:28 PM, Marco Matteucci wrote:
> I'd like to propose a new data type for PostgreSQL: SLIM (Structured 
> Lightweight Interchange Markup), a compact alternative to JSONB that 
> achieves 17-62% storage reduction while remaining human-readable.

Unless this gets much wider adoption in the general dev ecosystem I do 
not think it belongs in core. This is better as a third dparty extension.

Andreas




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