Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>> I'm okay with removing this for 8.4, but I think it's too late to
>>> change the behavior of 8.3.
>>>
>
>
>> It's never too late to fix a bug.
>>
>
> When the proposed fix involves breaking cases that used to behave
> usefully, you need a much stronger argument than that.
>
What I have proposed for 8.3 should not break a single case that
currently behaves usefully. If anyone has a counter-example please show it.
What I have proposed for 8.4 possibly would break current "useful"
behaviour (FSVO "useful"), but should be done anyway on correctness grounds.
cheers
andrew
