Re: "long" type is not appropriate for counting tuples

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:31 AM Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Another option is that in cases where it doesn't affect storage layouts,
> like the counting tuples case that started this thread, code could just
> use long long int directly instead of int64.  Then if someone wants to
> make it 128 bits or 96 bits or whatever it would not be a problem.

I think that sort of thing tends not to work out well, because at some
point it's likely to be sent out via the wire protocol; at that point
we'll need a value of a certain width.  Better to use that width right
from the beginning.

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