From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: remove bits* types
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:12:13 -0500
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 01:07:32PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
>> With Melanie's note, there are at least 4 votes in favor of this patch
>> (Andres, me, Peter, and Melanie). AFAICT Michael is +/-0, Álvaro and Tom
>> are -1 (or somewhere in the vicinity), and Robert seems ambivalent. Hm...
>
> To clarify, what I said was we should either remove them or use them
> more consistently. I don't think 1bd6f22f4 moved the needle very
> far towards option 2, so I'm totally fine with option 1. Put me
> down as +0.5.
Thanks for clarifying. Given that update and Álvaro's note upthread [0],
I'd argue we're in rough consensus territory and can move forward with the
patch. If no objections materialize shortly, I'll do so.
[0] https://postgr.es/m/202603182215.rvi6x75ekyba%40alvherre.pgsql
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nathan
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