Re: [PATCHES] CLUSTER not lose indexes

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> (In related news, how about filling up the oid/relfilenode numbers with
> >> zeros on the left, so a directory listing would reflect the numerical
> >> order?)
>
> > Yes, hex may be interesting as a more compact, consistent format. We
> > need to change the docs so oid2name and queries convert to hex on
> > output.
>
> I don't really see the value-added here. If we had made this decision
> before releasing 7.1, I'd not have objected; but at this point we're
> talking about breaking oid2name and any similar scripts that people
> may have developed, for what's really a *very* marginal gain. Who cares
> whether a directory listing reflects numerical order?

I don't see the big value either, just brainstorming.

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