Re: Add sortsupport to money_ops, pg_lsn_ops and xid8_ops

From: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add sortsupport to money_ops, pg_lsn_ops and xid8_ops
Date: 2026-11-09 07:53:29
Message-ID: CAApHDvotq_MoypE+JWRO9gyy5=ime+Mi_DxNhct_Tjjjjhbghg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, 9 Nov 2026 at 17:10, Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> It didn't occur to me that this would require any maintenance cost.
> Saying that, I think money type is something people use

Any basis for those thoughts? I've only ever seen its usage
discouraged and even a short discussion [1] on how we might remove it
one day.

Perhaps we should make pg_upgrade start kicking out warnings in v20
and then remove it in v25... Or reconsider that if we receive too many
complaints.

David

[1] https://postgr.es/m/ZXgh74Ykj3iWvXKr@paquier.xyz

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