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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/c.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/postgres_ext.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/c.h b/src/include/c.h index 0a8a129c02c..9053628d622 100644 --- a/src/include/c.h +++ b/src/include/c.h @@ -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 { diff --git a/src/include/postgres_ext.h b/src/include/postgres_ext.h index 0699cebdf8d..3249ce4350b 100644 --- a/src/include/postgres_ext.h +++ b/src/include/postgres_ext.h @@ -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! */ |