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From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: Remove configure --disable-float4-byval and --disable-float8-byval
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In response to Re: Remove configure --disable-float4-byval and --disable-float8-byval  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 7:41 AM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could we get around this by making Datum 8 bytes everywhere?

I really like that idea.

Even Raspberry Pi devices (which can cost as little as $35) use 64-bit
ARM processors. It's abundantly clear that 32-bit platforms do not
matter enough to justify keeping all the SIZEOF_DATUM crud around.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan

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