Re: int4 or int32

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> I think that int32 etc are better choices at the C level because of
> >> the well-established precedent for naming integer types after numbers
> >> of bits in C code.  I don't feel any strong urge to go around and
> >> change the existing misusages, but if you want to, I won't object.
> 
> > Tom, I am wondering.  If we don't change to int4/int8 internally now,
> > will we ever do it?
> 
> As I thought I'd just made clear, I'm against standardizing on int4/int8
> at the C level.  The average C programmer would think that "int8" is
> a one-byte type, not an eight-byte type.  There's way too much history
> behind that for us to swim against the tide.  Having different naming
> conventions at the C and SQL levels seems a better approach, especially
> since it will exist to some extent anyway (int != integer, for
> instance).

OK.

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