Re: [HACKERS] more on int8

> > We could probably do without %qd, but I assume their are some
> > platforms that support %qd and not %lld. We can ask people as they
> > run configure if they ever see %lld failing but %qd passing.
>
> Could we please leave all of the hooks for %qd in the code, but disable
> the automatic check for it in configure.in and configure? If we run into
> a case which requires it, then it will be trivial to re-enable it (or if
> you like allow a manual override --enable-int8-qd). If we do not run
> into such a case then we can remove the code later, simplifying things a
> bit.
>
> If we don't disable it for now, then we will never be able to discover
> whether it is a required feature or not. Now is the time to do this
> since int8 is a new feature. It won't work very well to try the same
> tactic 6 months from now :)

OK, %qd removed.

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