Re: arrays as pl/perl input arguments [PATCH]

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>

To: Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>

Cc: Alexey Klyukin <alexk@commandprompt.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 2011-01-12T19:27:05Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Alex Hunsaker wrote:

> Personally, I think the point of a compatibility GUC is that at some
> point in the distant future we can get rid of it.  If we default to
> the old behavior thats going to be harder to do.  +1 for defaulting to
> the new behavior.

+1

> [ Id actually vote for _not_ having a compatibility option at all, we
> change more major things than this IMHO every major release. (And even
> then some major things in minor releases, for example the removal of
> Safe.pm) ]

Yeah, but the removal of Safe.pm actually *improved* compatibility. This patch, without the GUC, would break it.

Best,

David