Re: xlog location arithmetic

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> writes:
> Euler proposed one more patch upthread, which replaces pg_size_pretty(bigint)
> with pg_size_pretty(numeric) so that pg_size_pretty(pg_xlog_location_diff())
> succeeds. It's also worth committing this patch?

Why would it be useful to use pg_size_pretty on xlog locations?
-1 because of the large expense of bigint->numeric->whatever conversion
that would be added to existing uses.
        regards, tom lane