Re: Truncate Permission

* Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
> "Nicholas Barr" <nicky(at)chuckie(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> > At the moment it seems as if a single 32 bit integer is used for the
> > permissions, with the top half being the grantable rights. I assume I
> > would need to extend this into two 32 bit integers, or one 64 bit integer?
>
> Two 32-bit please. We are still trying not to depend on 64-bit
> arithmetic for any core functionality.

Agreed. Also, most of the time you'll only be pulling in the first one
(for a permissions check). The second would only ever be used when a
'GRANT' is done.

Thanks,

Stephen