Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > On 2014-04-26 05:40:21 -0700, David Fetter wrote: >> Out of curiosity, where are you finding that a 32-bit integer is >> causing problems that a 16-bit one would solve?
> Save space? For one it allows to shrink some structs (into one > cacheline!). And next week when we need some other field in a buffer header, what's going to happen? If things are so tight that we need to shave a few bits off backend IDs, the whole thing is a house of cards anyway. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers