Re: [HACKERS] no operator '=' for types char16 and text

>
> On Wed, 4 March 1998, at 11:01:16, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > > > > > The major string types are char(), varchar(), and text.
> > > > > Is there a performance hit if the values chosen are not powers of 2?
> > > > Nope.
> > >
> > > Cool.
> > >
> > > Except I'm a dinosaur and somehow it doesn't feel right if it isn't a
> > > power of two.  Oh well.  :-)
> >
> > That's what char2,char4, char8, and char16 are for.
>
> But these types are depreciated! :)

We can call it our "dinosaur"-compatability module.  :-)

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