Re: [HACKERS] Open Items (was: RE: [HACKERS] Beta going well)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Open Items (was: RE: [HACKERS] Beta going well)
Date: 2001-11-15 16:35:44
Message-ID: 200111151635.fAFGZic03096@candle.pha.pa.us
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OK, I backed out your previous patch and applied this one.

Thanks.

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>
> > "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at> writes:
> >
> > /* Plain "long int" fits, use it */
> > + #if SIZEOF_INT8 == 0
> > typedef long int int64;
> > + #endif
> > + #if SIZEOF_UINT8 == 0
> > typedef unsigned long int uint64;
> > + #endif
> >
> >
> > This coding appears to assume "if the platform defines int8, then
> > it will define int64 as well". Seems mighty fragile to me.
>
> Well the absolute correct solution would involve all of:
> int8, int16, int32, int64 and separately uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64
>
> The previous patch grouped:
> int8, int16 and int32
> uint8, uint16 and uint32
> int64 and uint64 <-- this grouping is wrong on AIX 4.3.3 and below
>
> If you prefer to make 4 groups out of this you could apply this patch.
>
> Andreas

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