Re: AW: Uh, this is *not* a 64-bit CRC ...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at>
Cc: "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: AW: Uh, this is *not* a 64-bit CRC ...
Date: 2001-03-01 15:35:29
Message-ID: 21145.983460929@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Zeugswetter Andreas SB <ZeugswetterA(at)wien(dot)spardat(dot)at> writes:
>> it's certainly not what I thought we had agreed to implement.

> Hmm, strange. I thought that we had agreed upon a 32 bit CRC
> on the grounds, that it would be strong enough to guard a single
> log record.

I thought that, and still think it, but I was outvoted. However I
see no value in the present actual implementation ...

regards, tom lane

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