Re: WIP: Range Types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: WIP: Range Types
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Msg-id AANLkTimQS1N0YwpXHrMPFsAzCrxeFdyvKaF8+Y=vPc1X@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: WIP: Range Types  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
Responses Re: WIP: Range Types  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> Any ideas? Maybe, with alignment and a "flags" byte (to hold
> inclusivity, infinite boundaries, etc.), the extra 4 bytes doesn't cost
> much, anyway?

I'd be really reluctant to bloat the range representation by 4 bytes
to support an anyrange type.  Better to defer this until the great day
when we get a better typmod system, at least IMHO.

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Robert Haas
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