Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 10:39 AM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> I don't especially want to >> invent an additional typalign code that we could only test on legacy >> platforms.
> I agree with that, but I don't think that having the developers > enforce alignment rules by reordering catalog columns for the sake of > legacy platforms is appealing either. Given that we haven't run into this before, it seems like a reasonable bet that the problem will seldom arise. So as long as we have a cross-check I'm all right with calling it good and moving on. Expending a whole lot of work to improve the situation seems uncalled-for. When and if we get to a point where we're ready to break on-disk compatibility for user tables, perhaps revisiting the alignment rules would be an appropriate component of that. I don't see that happening in the foreseeable future, though. regards, tom lane