Re: ExplainProperty* and units

Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> If we do this, and I think we should, I'm inclined to also commit a
> patch that renames ExplainPropertyLong
> and changes its argument type. Because passing long is just plain
> unhelpful for 32bit platforms and windows. We should just always use
> 64bits here.

+1 --- I'm pretty certain that function predates our requirement that
all platforms support int64.

> Only thing I wonder is if we shouldn't just *remove*
> ExplainPropertyLong and make ExplainPropertyInteger accept 64bits of
> input - the effort of passing and printing a 64bit integer will never be
> relevant for explain.

-0.5 ... everywhere else, we mean "int32" when we say "int", and I don't
think it's worth the potential confusion to do it differently here.

regards, tom lane