> >>> Also, the change to pg_cancel_backend breaks backwards > compatibility > >>> with 8.0, which is a whole lot worse than breaking it with > >> 8.1-beta1. > >> > >> Unfortunately, core doesn't see this as backward > compatibility break, > >> instead it's regarded as adjustment of a new function. > >> Anything that's not in core isn't worth a single thought.... > > > > This function has been in core since 8.0. The other > functions were new > > (to core that is, imported from external module), but this > one was in > > the main backend already. > > Is there a reason the old/new can't be aliaseed to each > other, instead of the old just being removed?
It shuold be possible to do for the changed names - not sure if we want to. Can't do it for pg_cancel_backend(), because only the return type has changed and you acn't overload two functions that differ only in return type. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
