Derrick Stolee <sto...@gmail.com> writes: > You're right that this data is redundant. It is easy to describe the > width of the tables using the OID length, so it is convenient to have > that part of the format. Also, it is good to have 4-byte alignment > here, so we are not wasting space. > > There isn't a strong reason to put that here, but I don't have a great > reason to remove it, either.
Redundant information that can go out of sync is a great enough reason not to have it in the first place.
