Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> writes:
> If we're going to change the interface in this way, there should, IMO,
> be enough of a change that old code fails to compile; e.g. by renaming
> wincontext to partition_context or some equivalent change.
Agreed --- if we have to break things, break them obviously not
silently. I don't have time right now to think about this issue in
detail, but if those are the alternatives I think the choice is clear.
Quietly adding a memory leak to code that used to work well is not
acceptable.
regards, tom lane
