Re: AIX check in datetime.h

In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us (Bruce Momjian) transmitted:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> > Joachim Wieland wrote:
>> >> Can someone please explain why in include/utils/datetime.h (struct datetkn)
>> >> there is a check for _AIX that either initializes a char* pointer or a char
>> >> array?
>>
>> > Wow, that is strange. We could remove it for 8.2 and see how testing goes.
>>
>> It looks like a workaround for some ancient compiler problem. [ digs
>> for awhile... ] Very ancient: we inherited that hack from Berkeley, see
>> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/Attic/nabstime.h
>>
>> I bet we can remove it.
>
> OK, removed. Let's see if we get failure feedback.

I haven't been monitoring CVS HEAD, but you can be sure this will get
tried out when 8.2 gets anywhere vaguely close to relese...
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