Tom Lane wrote:
>> We could rename pg_attribute as pg_userattribute, and remove all the
>> system attributes from that. To stay backwards-compatible, we could have
>> a pg_attribute view on top of that contained the system attributes as well.
>>
>
> I don't really think this is necessary. How many client programs have
> you seen that don't explicitly exclude attnum<0 anyway? The places that
> will need work are inside the backend, and a view won't help them.
>
None, there probably isn't any client programs like that. It would be
nice for programs to be able to discover what system attributes there
is, though.
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