Re: hstore isexists - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: hstore isexists
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Msg-id 200610112222.k9BMMPM00348@momjian.us
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In response to Re: hstore isexists  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net>)
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:00:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> writes:
> > > Sorry, I don't know the history of hstore... but if it's brand new, why
> > > are we worried about backwards compatibility?
> > 
> > Because it's been available for awhile outside of contrib (namely,
> > on Oleg and Teodor's own site).  So there are people using it.
> 
> So wouldn't it make sense to document that the old functions are
> depricated so those existing users will stop using them? Maybe the base
> documentation isn't the best place for that... perhaps an UPGRADING
> section.

The source code should mention it --- that's all.

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