Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Don't override arguments set via options with positional argumen - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Don't override arguments set via options with positional argumen
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Msg-id CA+TgmoYnxFcGnsQeVJwiiDeViU2sqs4ohRbTD7m4mag7d-W6ZQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Don't override arguments set via options with positional argumen  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I can see both sides of this.  I agree that the old behavior is buggy,
> but what I imagine Robert is worried about is scripts that accidentally
> work okay today and would stop working once the PG programs are fixed
> to complain about bogus usage.  People tend not to like it if you make
> that kind of change in a minor release.

Exactly.

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Robert Haas
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