Re: Define DatumGetInt8 function.

Hi,

> > Kirill, are you working on this patch?
>
> Yes, PFA.
>
>  > I've not studied in detail,
> > but looks like it would require making
> > char_decrement()/char_increment() and btcharskipsupport() all use
> > CharGetDatum()/DatumGetChar() and switch to using SCHAR_MIN/SCHAR_MAX
> > rather than 0/UCHAR_MAX.
>
> This is also a possible change, and can be a separate patch. I will
> try to also work on this this week.

v1 looks incomplete to me. As I understand, Tom proposed to get rid of
UInt8 conversions as well. Are you going to implement this idea as
well?

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev