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by namibj 1718 days ago
Yeah, making this not be optional is the issue. Only some situations don't get by with 32 bit txids, but imposing the cost on everyone would be bad.

Oh, and C codebases make such changes far harder than more rigid newtyping in e.g. Rust, which is why I assume no one made the necessary patches yet.