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From Robert Haas
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In response to Re: extensible enum types  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: extensible enum types  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
> You are just bumping up the storage cost. Part of the attraction of enums is
> their efficiency.

What's efficient about them?  Aren't we using 4 bytes to store a value
that will nearly always fit in 2, if not 1?

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Robert Haas
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