Re: pg_class.relpages/allvisible probably shouldn't be a int4

Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> That's nothing for 9.4 anymore, but shouldn't we make pg_class.relpages
> a int8 (sounds slightly better than float to me) or somesuch?

No; those are really BlockNumbers, and have always been.  float4 would
lose information and float8 or int8 would waste space.  If we had an
unsigned int type it'd be better.  I suppose we could declare them as OID,
but that would probably confuse people no end.
        regards, tom lane