Tom Lane wrote: > It seems clear to me that this authorizes, but *does not require*, > the compiler to store an enum field in a byte or short instead of > an int when all the declared values will fit. So if we tried to > do this, we'd have the problem of needing compiler-specific data > type information entered in pg_type.
FWIW, I never meant to suggest using enums tuple structures. I did, however, stumble over a case that appears to be handled similar to what I had in mind: see enum CoercionCodes in primnodes.h. Again, it's not really important, but it's interesting to see that there is precedent. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate