Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use a bitmask to represent role attributes

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I would have preferred (and I believe argued for) keeping the existing
> catalog representation for existing attributes and using a bitmask for
> new ones, to avoid breaking client code.  But I am not sure if that's
> actually the best decision.  I find Tom's concern about needing more
> than 64 attributes to be ill-founded; I can't really see that
> happening on any timescale that matters.

I tend to agree, which is why I'm questioning the decision to not just
keep adding bool columns.  I don't see how that's not both more convenient
and less surprising.
        regards, tom lane