Re: libq API question

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: libq API question
Date: 2026-03-12 22:39:02
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On Thursday, March 12, 2026, Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi, ALL,
>
> In the docs I see the following:
>
> [quote]
>
> PGresult *PQexecParams(PGconn *conn,
> const char *command,
> int nParams,
> const Oid *paramTypes,
> const char * const *paramValues,
> const int *paramLengths,
> const int *paramFormats,
> int resultFormat);
> [/quote]
>
> Is there a reason why the parameters are int and not unsigned int?
>

Unsigned ints are, I believe, less performant, and losing half the value
space is immaterial here.

David J.

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