> > My solution would be to use INT_MIN for all ports, which has the advantage
> > that the above problematic comparison can be converted to !=,
> > since no integer will be smaller than INT_MIN.
>
> I agree. When I was looking at this code this morning, I was wondering
> what INT_MIN was supposed to represent anyway, if NOSTART_ABSTIME is
> INT_MIN + 1. I think someone messed this up between 4.2 and Postgres95.
Has there been any consensus yet ? If yes, could you apply my patch please ?
Or should I ask Bruce, for his "faster than his shadow" patch services ?
Thanks
Andreas
