Re: bit strings - anyone working on them? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: bit strings - anyone working on them?
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Msg-id 02ef01c30935$e0a43380$6500a8c0@fhp.internal
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In response to bit strings - anyone working on them?  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
Responses Re: bit strings - anyone working on them?  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
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> Yep. Put it down to a typo/late night. Padding to right is the norm with
> varbit.

Serious?  How is that in anyway useful - it just means that you have to pad
all your bit strings like you did before - it doesn't save anyone any work!

If you are in first year CS and you have to add binary numbers:

10001
+ 101

Do you right pad that 101? No way!!! You left pad it!

Chris



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