Re: [HACKERS] no operator '=' for types char16 and text

On Wed, 4 March 1998, at 11:01:16, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > 
> > Thus spake Bruce Momjian
> > > > > The major string types are char(), varchar(), and text.
> > > > Is there a performance hit if the values chosen are not powers of 2?
> > > Nope.
> > 
> > Cool.
> > 
> > Except I'm a dinosaur and somehow it doesn't feel right if it isn't a
> > power of two.  Oh well.  :-)
> 
> That's what char2,char4, char8, and char16 are for.

But these types are depreciated! :)