Re: Bit strings

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bit strings
Date: 2001-01-19 22:54:48
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0101192353160.1322-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > perhaps
> > #define IsA_Value(t) \
> > (IsA(t, Integer) || IsA(t, Float) || IsA(t, String))
> > should be augmented with BitString. Can someone advise?
>
> Yes, definitely --- see the sole use of that macro, in outfuncs.c.

Maybe this macro could be removed and expanded in place. That would make
things more transparent. Or is there any other potential use?

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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