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Optimize lpad, rpad for ASCII-only strings #20277

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Optimize lpad, rpad for ASCII-only strings#20277
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@neilconway
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opened on Feb 10, 2026

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

These functions don't special-case ASCII-only inputs, which incurs the overhead of Unicode machinery for the common case of ASCII-only strings.

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  3. github-merge-queue
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    perf: Optimize lpad, rpad for ASCII strings (#20278)

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  4. Jefffrey
    closed this as completedin #20278on Feb 20, 2026
  5. de-bgunter
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 24, 2026

    perf: Optimize lpad, rpad for ASCII strings (apache#20278)

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