Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> I have just noticed this code in plperl.c:
> hv_store(plperl_proc_hash, internal_proname, proname_len,
> newSViv((IV) prodesc), 0);
> basically, here prodesc is a pointer to a struct, and we are storing it
> as an integer in a perl hash for easy lookup by stringified oid.
> How safe is this conversion on 64 bit platforms?
Not at all. I'd vote for converting the whole thing to a dynahash
hashtable ...
regards, tom lane