Re: datum passed to macro which expects a pointer

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)alcove(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: datum passed to macro which expects a pointer
Date: 2008-04-12 23:07:48
Message-ID: 5342.1208041668@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gavin Sherry <swm(at)alcove(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> I wish. It was actually thrown up when we (Greenplum) changed the macros
> to be inline functions as part of changing Datum to be 8 bytes.

Hmmm ... Datum has been 8 bytes for many years, on 64-bit machines.
What is it you're trying to accomplish by making it wider on 32-bitters?

regards, tom lane

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