On 25 March 2013 13:02, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: > On 03/20/2013 04:45 PM, Brendan Jurd wrote: >> Incompatibility: >> This patch introduces an incompatible change in the behaviour of the >> aforementioned array functions -- instead of returning NULL for empty >> arrays they return meaningful values. Applications relying on the old >> behaviour to test for emptiness may be disrupted. One can > > As a heavy user of arrays, I support this patch as being worth the > breakage of backwards compatibility. However, that means it certainly > will need to wait for 9.4 to provide adequate warning.
Thanks Josh, I appreciate the support. > > Brendan, how hard would it be to create a GUC for backwards-compatible > behavior? Good idea. I don't know how hard it would be (never messed with GUCs before), but I'll take a swing at it and see how it works out. Cheers, BJ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
