> >>> Also, the change to pg_cancel_backend breaks backwards
> compatibility
> >>> with 8.0, which is a whole lot worse than breaking it with
> >> 8.1-beta1.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, core doesn't see this as backward
> compatibility break,
> >> instead it's regarded as adjustment of a new function.
> >> Anything that's not in core isn't worth a single thought....
> >
> > This function has been in core since 8.0. The other
> functions were new
> > (to core that is, imported from external module), but this
> one was in
> > the main backend already.
>
> Is there a reason the old/new can't be aliaseed to each
> other, instead of the old just being removed?
It shuold be possible to do for the changed names - not sure if we want
to.
Can't do it for pg_cancel_backend(), because only the return type has
changed and you acn't overload two functions that differ only in return
type.
//Magnus
