Re: [HACKERS] Something for the TODO list: deprecating abstime and friends

Hi,

On 2017-07-17 12:54:31 -0700, Mark Dilger wrote:
> These types provide a 4-byte datatype for storing real-world second
> precision timestamps, as occur in many log files.

These seem to be getting less common IME, most products have higher
resolution these days.  If this were nicely written, maintainable, and
documented code my position would differ, but it really isn't.


> That said, I am fully aware that these are deprecated and expect you
> will remove them, at which time I'll have to keep them in my tree
> and politely refuse to merge in your change which removes them.

It'd be way less work to package abstime as an extension if you want to
do so.

Greetings,

Andres Freund