On 2013-10-17 18:04:34 -0400, Noah Misch wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 08:27:01PM +0200, Andres Freund wrote: > > On 2013-10-17 12:33:45 -0400, Noah Misch wrote: > > > > 1. Is there any guarantee that sizeof(intptr_t) >= sizeof(size_t)? > > > > (Note that Size is just a typedef for size_t, in c.h) > > > > > > C99 doesn't require it, but I have never heard of a platform where it is > > > false. sizeof(intptr_t) > sizeof(size_t) systems have existed. > > > > Either way, both have to be at least 4byte on 32bit platforms and 8byte > > on 64bit ones. So I as well think we're good. > > C99 does not have concepts like "32bit platform" and "64bit platform", so it > cannot make such a constraint. Nonetheless, I agree we're good with respect > to implementations actually worth anticipating.
But afaik we indirectly require either 4 or 8 byte pointers or in configure. And we have a requirement for non-segmented memory afaics. So both size_t and intptr_t have to be big enough to store a pointer. Which in turn implies that they have to be at least 4/8 bytes. > Having said that, changing the ancient macros to use uintptr_t does have the > advantage you mention, and I'm failing to think of a disadvantage. +1 Greetings, Andres Freund -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers