Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Update: < * Allow adding enumerated values to an existing

"Tom Dunstan" <pgsql@tomd.cc> writes:
> I wonder if it's worth revisiting the decision to save enums on disk
> as oids. The very first idea that I had was to have an enum value as
> the combination of both an enum id and the ordinal value. We would
> presumably make both say 16bits so we could still be be passed by
> value. This would restrict us to 2^16 enum types per database and 2^16
> values per type, but if anyone is getting within an order of magnitude
> of either limit I'd be very interested in seeing what they're doing.

I seem to remember that we discussed that and rejected it, but I don't
remember the reasoning...
        regards, tom lane