Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> (In related news, how about filling up the oid/relfilenode numbers with
>> zeros on the left, so a directory listing would reflect the numerical
>> order?)
> Yes, hex may be interesting as a more compact, consistent format. We
> need to change the docs so oid2name and queries convert to hex on
> output.
I don't really see the value-added here. If we had made this decision
before releasing 7.1, I'd not have objected; but at this point we're
talking about breaking oid2name and any similar scripts that people
may have developed, for what's really a *very* marginal gain. Who cares
whether a directory listing reflects numerical order?
regards, tom lane