Re: encode in base code

Marko Kreen writes:

> On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 07:50:45PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Would you mind changing the copyright to match the rest of the source?
>
> Ok, I needed the BSD-style for separate distribution.
>
> Should it be only line:
>
> Copyright (c) 2001 PostgreSQL Global Development Group

You can keep your name if you want, but I don't see a point in having 73
slightly differently worded BSD-like licenses in the core.

> > I think we've covered before that 'uint' is not a standard data type.
> > VARSIZE is of type int32 (signed).
>
> I have not seen this discussion.  I used uint as simply handy
> shortcut.  When I want unsigned var, should it be 'uint32' or
> simply 'unsigned'?  Or should I avoid using unsigned vars?  Why?

(Might have been related to your digest module.)  AFAIK, 'uint' isn't a
standard type at all.  You can use uint32 (BSD-style, also used
by PostgreSQL) or uint32_t (C99, <inttypes.h>).

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