Re: Any reason to have heap_(de)formtuple? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane napsal(a):
> Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
>> Currently in heaptuple.c we have duplicated code.  heap_deformtuple and 
>> heap_formtuple are mark as a obsolete interface. Is any reason to have still 
>> them? I know that they are still used on many places, but is there any stopper 
>> to keep these function alive?
> 
> Well, aside from the gruntwork needed to convert all the core code that
> still uses the old APIs, there's the prospect of breaking extension
> modules that still use the old APIs.  It's kind of annoying to have two
> copies of that code, but less annoying than removing it would be ...
> 

What's about convert null array to boolean and call heap_form_tuple?
    Zdenek


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