Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> writes:
> The reason the API types should use "long" is that the underlying
> executor APIs (e.g. ExecutorRun()) use "long". It might be a good idea
> to change the executor stuff to use int64s
No, it would not. There is a potential performance cost ("long" should
have at least acceptable performance on all machines, "long long" is
another story) and there is no demonstrated need.
regards, tom lane