Can I assume this TODO item is now done?
* Make oid use unsigned int more reliably, pg_atoi()
> Date: Monday, November 20, 2000 @ 22:23:19
> Author: tgl
>
> Update of /home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt
> from hub.org:/home/projects/pgsql/tmp/cvs-serv86997/src/backend/utils/adt
>
> Modified Files:
> oid.c
>
> ----------------------------- Log Message -----------------------------
>
> Make oidin/oidout produce and consume unsigned representation of Oid,
> rather than just being aliases for int4in/int4out. Give type Oid a
> full set of comparison operators that do proper unsigned comparison,
> instead of reusing the int4 comparators. Since pg_dump is now doing
> unsigned comparisons of OIDs, it is now *necessary* that we play by
> the rules here. In fact, given that btoidcmp() has been doing unsigned
> comparison for quite some time, it seems likely that we have index-
> corruption problems in 7.0 and before once the Oid counter goes past
> 2G. Fixing these operators is a necessary step before we can think
> about 8-byte Oid, too.
>
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