Remove bits* typedefs.

Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>

Commit: bab2f27eaaad77f799ecc224f9e11b09adb07d5a
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-03-30T21:12:08Z
Remove bits* typedefs.

In addition to removing the bits8, bits16, and bits32 typedefs,
this commit replaces all uses with uint8, uint16, or uint32.  bits*
provided little benefit beyond establishing the intent of the
variable, and they were inconsistently used for that purpose.
Third-party code should instead use the corresponding uint*
typedef.

Suggested-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Reviewed-by: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/absbX33E4eaA0Ity%40nathan

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contrib/dblink/dblink.c modified +1 −1
contrib/pageinspect/gistfuncs.c modified +1 −1
contrib/pageinspect/heapfuncs.c modified +8 −8
contrib/postgres_fdw/deparse.c modified +1 −1
doc/src/sgml/fdwhandler.sgml modified +2 −2
src/backend/access/brin/brin_tuple.c modified +10 −10
src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c modified +8 −8
src/backend/access/common/indextuple.c modified +6 −6
src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c modified +14 −14
src/backend/access/spgist/spgutils.c modified +5 −5
src/backend/catalog/index.c modified +3 −3
src/backend/catalog/indexing.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/catalog/objectaddress.c modified +6 −6
src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c modified +4 −4
src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/commands/vacuum.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/executor/execExprInterp.c modified +4 −4
src/backend/executor/execIndexing.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/executor/execReplication.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/executor/execTuples.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/foreign/foreign.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/nodes/gen_node_support.pl modified +1 −2
src/backend/postmaster/bgworker.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_backend.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/utils/adt/arrayfuncs.c modified +34 −34
src/backend/utils/adt/array_userfuncs.c modified +5 −5
src/backend/utils/adt/format_type.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/utils/adt/regproc.c modified +2 −2
src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/utils/adt/varbit.c modified +37 −37
src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/utils/fmgr/funcapi.c modified +1 −1
src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c modified +1 −1
src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_createsubscriber.c modified +1 −1
src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c modified +2 −2
src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c modified +2 −2
src/bin/scripts/vacuuming.h modified +1 −1
src/include/access/htup_details.h modified +3 −3
src/include/access/itup.h modified +3 −3
src/include/access/reloptions.h modified +7 −7
src/include/access/tupmacs.h modified +4 −4
src/include/catalog/index.h modified +4 −4
src/include/c.h modified +0 −8
src/include/commands/cluster.h modified +1 −1
src/include/commands/vacuum.h modified +3 −3
src/include/common/jsonapi.h modified +1 −1
src/include/executor/executor.h modified +1 −1
src/include/executor/instrument_node.h modified +1 −1
src/include/foreign/foreign.h modified +2 −2
src/include/funcapi.h modified +1 −1
src/include/miscadmin.h modified +1 −1
src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h modified +1 −1
src/include/port/pg_bitutils.h modified +4 −4
src/include/postmaster/syslogger.h modified +1 −1
src/include/replication/reorderbuffer.h modified +1 −1
src/include/replication/walsender_private.h modified +1 −1
src/include/utils/arrayaccess.h modified +1 −1
src/include/utils/array.h modified +5 −5
src/include/utils/builtins.h modified +1 −1
src/include/utils/pgstat_internal.h modified +1 −1
src/include/utils/regproc.h modified +2 −2
src/include/utils/ruleutils.h modified +1 −1
src/include/utils/varbit.h modified +3 −3
src/pl/plpython/plpy_typeio.c modified +4 −4
src/port/pg_bitutils.c modified +2 −2
src/port/pg_popcount_aarch64.c modified +8 −8
src/port/pg_popcount_x86.c modified +7 −7
src/test/modules/worker_spi/worker_spi.c modified +4 −4
src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list modified +0 −3

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