Re: pgsql: Rename sort support integer comparators for clarity - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From John Naylor
Subject Re: pgsql: Rename sort support integer comparators for clarity
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Msg-id CANWCAZa1FTGK24rvsMd9V7hfHM7yXE=NZAw_gK6ODH6O+-+y0Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM John Naylor <john.naylor@postgresql.org> wrote:
> The previous names used "unsigned" for Datum-width abbreviated keys
> and "signed" for 64-bit signed integers. This may have made more
> sense when Datum width was platform-dependent, but commit 805c64f84
> added a 32-bit unsigned variant for OIDs, so it makes even less sense
> now. Rename all to be explicit about signedness and width.

Oops, the commit referred to here is actually 94d32ce1a, sorry for the noise.

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John Naylor
Amazon Web Services



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