Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use a bitmask to represent role attributes

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use a bitmask to represent role attributes
Date: 2014-12-23 16:02:42
Message-ID: CA+Tgmobz5PzBYvTZErv3Hxw-gERbPx=w9T4+OxwD-f73zDjpYQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Meh. To the extent that users look at pg_roles rather than pg_authid,
> it's going to look like another 15 boolean columns to them anyway ...
> except that now, those columns are suddenly a lot more expensive to read.

Ugh. I think that's actually a really good point. I guess I'll +1
reverting this, then.

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Robert Haas
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