Re: Unsigned integer types - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Unsigned integer types
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Msg-id CA+TgmobR89ZrMVBVsQ=QPjzOAamSD=8gy-VtfByCxAnMKVPygA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Unsigned integer types  (Maciej Gajewski <maciej.gajewski0@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Maciej Gajewski
<maciej.gajewski0@gmail.com> wrote:
> I propose to not integrate the unsigned types into existing promotion
> hierarchy, and behave just like gcc would with -Werror: require
> explicit cast. Between them, the unsigned types would be automatically
> converted up (uint2 > uint4 > uint8).

Seems pretty sensible to me.

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Robert Haas
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