Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes:
> * Dean Rasheed (dean.a.rash...@gmail.com) wrote:
>> Also, these were added in 9.4, so introducing this many differences
>> between 9.4 and 9.5+ will make back-patching harder.
> That's certainly true, but we don't want current or future hackers to be
> confused either.
Yes. I do not think that we should stick with badly chosen names just
because of back-patching concerns. By that argument, we should never
fix any erroneous comments either.
Whether these particular names are improvements is, of course, a fit
subject for debate. I have to agree that I don't feel like we've quite
hit on le mot juste yet.
regards, tom lane
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