Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> I see your answer as "no, not really any reason, but also not worth
> changing", which is fine by me :-)
Yeah, that's a fair summary. If it had been coded the other way
to start with, I'd also say it wasn't worth changing, at least
not until such time as we actually needed to.
In the meantime, any added functions of the same ilk should definitely
be made to look like the existing ones.
regards, tom lane