On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:17:46PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes:
> > OK, I used some of your ideas and tried for something more general;
> > patch attached.
>
> I think it's a good idea to mention custom aggregates and operators
> specifically, as otherwise people will look at this and have little
> idea what you're on about. I just want wording like "such as custom
> aggregates and operators", in case somebody has done some other creative
> thing that breaks.
Agreed, updated patch attached.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml
index 058ba7cd4e..c2d8941206 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml
@@ -291,6 +291,35 @@ Author: Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<listitem>
<!--
Author: Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+2020-11-04 [9e38c2bb5] Declare assorted array functions using anycompatible not
+-->
+
+ <para>
+ User-defined objects that reference some built-in array functions
+ along with their argument types must be recreated (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Specifically, <link
+ linkend="functions-array"><function>array_append()</function></link>,
+ <function>array_prepend()</function>,
+ <function>array_cat()</function>,
+ <function>array_position()</function>,
+ <function>array_positions()</function>,
+ <function>array_remove()</function>,
+ <function>array_replace()</function>, or <link
+ linkend="functions-math"><function>width_bucket()</function></link>
+ used to take <type>anyarray</type> arguments but now take
+ <type>anycompatiblearray</type>. Therefore, user-defined objects
+ like aggregates and operators that reference old array function
+ signatures must be dropped before upgrading and recreated once the
+ upgrade completes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+<!--
+Author: Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>
2020-09-17 [76f412ab3] Remove factorial operators, leaving only the factorial()
-->
