Re: Closing some 8.4 open items

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> If there are no objections, I'm going to remove the following items
>> from the list at
>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_8.4_Open_Items
>>
>>
>> change cardinality() for multi-dim arrays?
>>
>>        Drop; there's no consensus that this should be changed
>
> I don't think we should let this go quite so easily, as this  is a new
> function, so the bias should be to "getting it right" rather than "don't
> change it".

I think it is right already, but the point is debatable.

> The supplied functionality is not only surprising, but easily obtained by an
> existing function. ISTM if we're supplying a new function it should have new
> functionality.

Well, it's a compatibility function...

...Robert