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From Paul A Jungwirth
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Is float8 a reference type?
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Is float8 a reference type?  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] Is float8 a reference type?  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Re: [GENERAL] Is float8 a reference type?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
> yes, it is 8 bytes on 64-bit.

Thanks!

> I don't think so it is good idea to write 64bit only extensions.

I agree, but how about this?:
   if (FLOAT8PASSBYVAL) {     datums = (Datum *)floats;   } else {     datums = palloc0(arrlen * sizeof(Datum));
for(i = 0; i < arrlen; i++) {       datums[i] = Float8GetDatum(floats[i]);     }   }
 

Thanks,
Paul


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