Re: int4 or int32

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: int4 or int32
Date: 2001-01-23 02:24:42
Message-ID: 200101230224.VAA28664@candle.pha.pa.us
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Done.

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > There were only a few to fix, so I fixed them.
>
> I don't think it's a good idea to write unspecified-width "int" in
> the struct decls for Interval and friends. If the compiler decides
> someday that that's int8, things break because the physical size of
> Interval etc. is hardwired over in pg_type.h. Use "int32", or
> perhaps revert these to int4.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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