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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:34:10 +0100
From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
	Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: remove bits* types
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On 2026-Mar-18, Robert Haas wrote:

> I'm not entirely sure that this is worth standardizing at all; if
> someone thinks that using bits8 or whatever makes the code more rather
> than less clear in a certain context, who am I to argue? If someone
> else prefers uint8 in another context, also fine.

I don't think we _have_ to force our hand one way or the other.

-- 
Álvaro Herrera               48°01'N 7°57'E  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
"It takes less than 2 seconds to get to 78% complete; that's a good sign.
A few seconds later it's at 90%, but it seems to have stuck there.  Did
somebody make percentages logarithmic while I wasn't looking?"
                http://smylers.hates-software.com/2005/09/08/1995c749.html