On tis, 2012-07-03 at 14:52 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > > On tis, 2012-07-03 at 19:35 +0200, Andres Freund wrote: > >> I wonder if we just should add a format code like %R or something similar > >> as a > >> replacement for the %X/%X notion. > > > Maybe just print it as a single 64-bit value from now on. > > That'd be problematic also, because of the lack of standardization of > the format code for uint64. We could write things like > "message... " UINT64_FORMAT " ...more message" > but I wonder how well the translation tools would work with that; > and anyway it would at least double the translation effort for > messages containing such things.
The existing uses of INT64_FORMAT and UINT64_FORMAT show how this is done: You print the value in a temporary buffer and use %s in the final string. It's not terribly pretty, but it's been done this way forever, including in xlog code, so there shouldn't be a reason to hesitate about the use for this particular case. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
