<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/05/13 17:35, Tom Lane wrote:<br /></div><blockquote
cite="mid:22174.1367732125@sss.pgh.pa.us"type="cite"><pre wrap="">Bruce Momjian <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:bruce@momjian.us"><bruce@momjian.us></a>writes:
</pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">OK, so we can either use 4 hex digits minimum and have a fixed with on
most platforms, extend it to 8 hex digits, or revert the entire
fixed-width idea.
</pre></blockquote><pre wrap="">
I think we should lose the idea that it's fixed-width. 16-bit PIDs are
a limitation whose days are obviously numbered.
regards, tom lane
</pre></blockquote><font size="-1">I think fi<font size="-1">x</font>ed width <u><b>is</b></u> useful, it looks neater
andis easier t<font size="-1">o parse</font>.<br /><br /><font size="-1">However, it would mean at least 4 leading
zerosfor systems with only 16 bit PID's.<br /><br /><br /><font size="-1">Cheers,<br /><font size="-1">Gavin</font><br
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