Gregory Stark wrote: > 2) Replace VARATT* macros to store and retrieve the toast bits in a manner > that will work for variable length headers. This either means storing the > bits at the least-significant position or using network byte order. > > If we want to allow storing >1 headers unaligned which I think would be > good then I still think we have to read them using bytewise lookups -- ie > by casting to (char*). That means network byte order or using the low order > bits is equally efficient.
I think the plan was to have the macro code conditional on big-little endian. We can deal with doing >1 headers unaligned at some future date if we feel we need it, and the macros will make it transparent. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
