Is our maximum table size limited by the maximum block number?

With our block number maximum of:

        #define MaxBlockNumber                  ((BlockNumber) 0xFFFFFFFE)

        0xFFFFFFFE = 4294967294

would the max table size really be (4GB * 8k) or 32 TB, not 16TB, as
listed in the FAQ:
        
        4.5) What is the maximum size for a row, a table, and a database?
        ...
            Maximum size for a table?                16 TB

Is the 16TB number a hold-over from when we weren't sure block number
was unsigned, though now we are pretty sure it is handled as unsigned
consistenly?

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