Re: [PATCH] V3: Idle in transaction cancellation

On Thursday 02 December 2010 22:21:37 Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Andres Freund's message of sáb oct 30 05:49:21 -0300 2010:
> > Ill set this up for the next commitfest, I don't think I can do much
> > more  without further input.
>
> Are you reserving about 20 bits for levels, and 12 for flags?  Given the
> relatively scarce growth of levels, I think we could live with about 6
> or 7 bits for level, rest for flags.
The number I picked was absolutely arbitrary I admit. Neither did I think it
would be likely to see more levels, nor did I forsee many flags, so I just
chose some number I liked in that certain moment ;-)

Andres