Re: [PATCH] Exorcise "zero-dimensional" arrays (Was: Re: Should array_length() Return NULL)

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Exorcise "zero-dimensional" arrays (Was: Re: Should array_length() Return NULL)
Date: 2013-03-26 04:39:59
Message-ID: 20130326043959.GB23900@momjian.us
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:14:15AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
>
> > No, it *isn't* a good idea. GUCs that change application-visible
> > semantics are dangerous. We should have learned this lesson by now.
>
> Really? I thought that standard_conforming_strings was a great example
> of how to ease our users into a backwards-compatibility break. My
> thought was that we change the behavior in 9.4, provide a
> backwards-compatible GUC with warnings in the logs for two versions, and
> then take the GUC away.

standard_conforming_strings is not a good example because it took 5+
years to implement the change, and issued warnings about non-standard
use for several releases --- it is not a pattern to follow.

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