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Re: Should we add xid_current() or a int8->xid cast? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Should we add xid_current() or a int8->xid cast?
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Msg-id 20200417192646.GA29439@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: Should we add xid_current() or a int8->xid cast?  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On 2020-Apr-17, Andres Freund wrote:

> Yes? But that type doesn't exist in isolation. Having yet another
> significantly different representation of 64bit xids (as plain 64 bit
> integers, and as some 32/32 epoch/xid split) would make an already
> confusing situation even more complex.

On the contrary -- I think it would clarify a confusing situation.

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