Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> This seems like a irregularity in the API that makes sense only from an
> implementation point of view.

You are attacking a straw man.  This does *not* "make sense from an
implementation point of view" --- it's easier to have just one command
(and in fact that is what is in CVS tip).  The proposal to use different
commands was advanced on the grounds that it's a more user-friendly API.

			regards, tom lane

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