I wrote:
> I'm inclined to think that if we provide this function in core at all,
> it should take a parameter list long enough to let it fill in the Path
> completely. That would imply that any future changes in Path structs
> would result in a change in the parameter list, which would break
> callers --- but it would break them in an obvious way that the C
> compiler would complain about. If we leave it as-is, those same callers
> would be broken silently, because they'd just be failing to fill in
> the new Path fields.
I've committed the PlanForeignScan API change, with that change and
some other minor editorialization. The pgsql_fdw patch now needs an
update, so I set it back to Waiting On Author state.
regards, tom lane
