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Re: [PATCH] refint: Avoid reusing cascade UPDATE plans.

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> — 2026-05-15T14:46:34Z

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 04:42:45PM +0200, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2026-May-15, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> Yeah, this may be the best option.  I'm curious what others think.
> 
> I think this bug makes it clear that this code has few enough users, and
> a sufficient number of bugs, that we should just nuke it.  Do you really
> want to spend so much time trying to fix it?  The module's documentation
> says
> 
>    (This functionality is long since superseded by the built-in foreign
>    key mechanism, of course, but the module is still useful as an example.)
> 
> but I question whether the usefulness value is really there.
> 
> Would anyone oppose that?

Big +1 for removing it in v20.  Or maybe even v19.  I do think it is worth
trying to fix the more egregious bugs, though, as the code will still be
supported for a few years.

-- 
nathan