Added to TODO: * Remove old-style routines for manipulating tuples
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-10/msg00851.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Stark wrote: > > I think we should go ahead and kill the old 'n'/' ' api for heaptuple.c. The > code duplication here is really annoying and it makes it confusing for > developers trying to read or write code where they have to keep straight which > interface they're using. > > What I think we should do is just announce they're deprecated for 8.3 without > changing anything and then early in 8.4 remove them and convert our own code > to use the new api. We could add wrappers prior to the 8.4 release which > converts the isnull/replaces arrays for the benefit of outside modules. > > As an exercise I just went ahead and removed all of our calls to it and while > it was quite annoying there weren't really any show-stoppers. The worst thing > I find is that SPI uses a similar interface which means it'll be inconsistent > with the underlying interface -- but there's no direct binding between the two > so it doesn't cause any actual breakage, just potential confusion. > > -- > Gregory Stark > EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
