On 2015-03-18 15:59:52 -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> Okay. Attached revision has a few tweaks that reflect the status of
> int128/uint128 as specialized types that are basically only useful for
> this optimization, or other similar optimizations on compilers that
> either are GCC, or aim to be compatible with it. I don't think
> Andreas' V9 reflected that sufficiently.
Given that we don't rely on C99, I don't think that actually
matters. Lots of our platforms build on pre C99 compilers... I think it
makes sense to say that this currently only tests for a gcc extension
and might be extended in the future. But nothing more.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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