Re: binary array and record recv

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On Tuesday 18 December 2007 18:30:22 Tom Lane wrote:
>> Arguably, pg_dump from an older version should make sure that the auto
>> rules should NOT get created, else it is failing to preserve an older
>> view's behavior.

> We extend properties of objects all the time.  That is why we make new 
> releases.  No one is required to use the new properties.

> Should pg_dump also make sure that tables imported from an older version are 
> not usable for recursive unions or window functions, thus preserving the 
> older table's behavior?

That argument seems fairly bogus.  The addition of those features won't
change the behavior of existing applications.
        regards, tom lane