Re: remove bits* types

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: remove bits* types
Date: 2026-03-19 09:34:10
Message-ID: 202603190933.p2q62lss4xbk@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2026-Mar-18, Robert Haas wrote:

> I'm not entirely sure that this is worth standardizing at all; if
> someone thinks that using bits8 or whatever makes the code more rather
> than less clear in a certain context, who am I to argue? If someone
> else prefers uint8 in another context, also fine.

I don't think we _have_ to force our hand one way or the other.

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