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From Paul A Jungwirth
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Is float8 a reference type?
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In response to [GENERAL] Is float8 a reference type?  (Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>)
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 7:52 PM, Paul A Jungwirth
<pj@illuminatedcomputing.com> wrote:
> Is a Datum always 8 bytes for 64-bit architectures?

Never mind, I found this in `pg_config.h`:
   /* float8, int8, and related values are passed by value if 'true', by      reference if 'false' */   #define
FLOAT8PASSBYVALtrue
 

Paul


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