Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes:
> On February 12, 2016 5:29:44 PM GMT+01:00, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>
> wrote:
>> We should standardize on the "((var & FLAG) != 0)"
>> pattern, which works reliably in all cases.
> That's what the second version of my patch, and I presume Michael's updated
> one as well, does. I think the only open question is how far to backpatch.
> While annoying work, I think we should go all the way.
I don't object to that, if someone wants to do the work. A good argument
for it is that we'd otherwise be laying a nasty trap for future
back-patched bug fixes, which might well rely on the cleaned-up behavior.
regards, tom lane
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