Hi, On 2019-07-24 20:34:39 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Yeah, I would absolutely NOT recommend that you open that can of worms > right now. We have looked at adding unsigned integer types in the past > and it looked like a mess.
I assume Thomas was thinking more of another bespoke type like xid, just wider. There's some notational advantage in not being able to immediately do math etc on xids. - Andres
