Hi,
> > As I recall, previously it was argued that changes like this should
> > have some use within the core [1].
>
> I don't see that argument anywhere in the thread honestly. I did see
> heiki asking why it would be useful for extensions, but that was
> answered there.
The referred patch was rejected at first because it didn't modify
nodeSeqScan.c to make use of the change within the core.
I'm not saying this is necessarily applicable to this particular patch
or that this is a general rule though.
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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev