Document that NAMEDATALEN must be a multiple of sizeof(int).

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Tom Lane 2002-04-30 19:53:03 +00:00
parent e4f06dc12e
commit 1e4f34f309
2 changed files with 7 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: c.h,v 1.119 2002/04/25 02:56:56 tgl Exp $
* $Id: c.h,v 1.120 2002/04/30 19:53:03 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -420,7 +420,9 @@ typedef Oid oidvector[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
/*
* We want NameData to have length NAMEDATALEN and int alignment,
* because that's how the data type 'name' is defined in pg_type.
* Use a union to make sure the compiler agrees.
* Use a union to make sure the compiler agrees. Note that NAMEDATALEN
* must be a multiple of sizeof(int), else sizeof(NameData) will probably
* not come out equal to NAMEDATALEN.
*/
typedef union nameData
{

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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
* use header files that are otherwise internal to Postgres to interface
* with the backend.
*
* $Id: postgres_ext.h,v 1.9 2001/10/28 06:25:59 momjian Exp $
* $Id: postgres_ext.h,v 1.10 2002/04/30 19:53:03 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ typedef unsigned int Oid;
/*
* NAMEDATALEN is the max length for system identifiers (e.g. table names,
* attribute names, function names, etc.)
* attribute names, function names, etc). It must be a multiple of
* sizeof(int) (typically 4).
*
* NOTE that databases with different NAMEDATALEN's cannot interoperate!
*/