Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 00:20, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Seems kind of buggy. �They shouldn't be defining it at all.
> Why not? Should they just stop using it? In that case, so should we, no?
What's buggy is M$ failing to provide it in their <sys/types.h> header.
It's unlikely they'll pay any attention to our opinions, however.
I think the Python guys are up against the same problem as us, namely
substituting for the platform's failure to define the type.
regards, tom lane