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On 11/19/13, 9:57 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Hm.  Now that I think about it, isn't Peter proposing to break systems
> without working "inline" over here?
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1384257026.8059.5.camel@vanquo.pezone.net

No, that's about const, volatile, #, and memcmp.

I don't have an informed opinion about requiring inline support
(although it would surely be nice).



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