Re: [GENERAL] To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the selectlimit

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the selectlimit
Date: 2001-10-23 21:25:42
Message-ID: 200110232125.f9NLPgR17572@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > It was on the TODO list, and I did exactly what was listed there. What
> > we have now is a discussion that the TODO item was wrong.
>
> I don't consider the items on the TODO list to be past the "adequately
> discussed" stage.
>
> To the topic at hand: I find reversing the argument order is going to
> silently break a lot of applications. Removing the syntax altogether
> could be a reasonable choice, but since it doesn't hurt anyone right now
> I'd prefer an advance notice for one release.
>

Which is what we are doing now.

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