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Re: Understanding VARHDRSZ
- From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
- To: "Redefined Horizons" <redefined(dot)horizons(at)gmail(dot)com>
- Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
- Subject: Re: Understanding VARHDRSZ
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:24:22 -0400
"Redefined Horizons" <redefined(dot)horizons(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: > Page 524 of the PostgreSQL 8.1 Manual, PDF Edition, has a code snippit > that makes use of the VARHDRSZ macro. I'm trying to understand the > purpose of this macro. It's just a symbol for the size of the length word at the start of the stored value. > If this is the case, why even have the VARHDRSZ macro? Someday, we might want to change the size of the length word (eg, move to int8, when no one uses mere 32-bit machines anymore). That will be a painful undertaking in any case, but everyplace that codes the overhead space as "VARHDRSZ" rather than "4" will be one less place to fix. regards, tom lane
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