Re: BETWEEN Node & DROP COLUMN

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > It may turn out to be a choice of client-cleanliness vs. backend
> > cleanliness.  Seems Hiroshi already wins for client cleanliness.
> 
> No, he only breaks even for client cleanliness --- either approach
> *will* require changes in clients that look at pg_attribute.

Uh, Christopher already indicated three clients, psql, pg_dump, and
another that will not require changes for Hiroshi's approach, but will
require changes for isdropped.  That doesn't seem "break even" to me.

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