Re: AW: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL pre-7.1 Linux/Alpha Status...

[Tom Lane]

Zeugswetter Andreas SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> IIRC oid uses int4in/int4out and those should definitely be able to parse 
> -1040 into a 4 byte signed long without platform dependency, no ?

It has done that in past releases.  I changed it to use unsigned display
for 7.1.  Because of the past behavior, I think oidin had better accept
negative inputs for backwards compatibility.  Besides which, strtoul()
does that naturally ...

                        regards, tom lane