Re: [HACKERS] PostGreSQL v6.2.1 for Linux Alpha

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> Bruce:
>
> > Take a look at utils/hash/hashfn.c:tag_hash.  Is there a problem in that
> > code for your platform.  Is the hash getting set, or is it falling
> > through the case statements?  This code is clearly broken for
> > sizeof(int) > 4, but I think your ints are 4, and longs are 8.  I bet
> > somewhere we are using a long where we should be using an int, and that
> > is why only your platform is seeing it.  Is this true about long vs.
> > int.  I can review our use of longs to see if there are problems.
>
> I created a small program to return the size of values.  They are:
>
> Size of short: 2
> Size of char:  1
> Size of int:   4
> Size of long:  8
>
> Does this help?

Yep.  Does anyone else run OS's with the size of long greater than int?
Does Dec Unix Alpha?  Are people running that?

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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us