Re: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/prep/_deadcode pre ...

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> If we're cleaning out _deadcode, might as well zap this one too.
>
> > Uh, that was the one for KSQO.  Did we want to keep that?
>
> I didn't.
>
> > I guess not
> > but will just have to remember it is in CVS.  I was thinking we should
> > add a file at the top of /src listing the files we have removed but are
> > in CVS for later reuse.  Comments?
>
> Seems like a waste of time --- the potentially useful stuff in back
> archived versions is not cleanly organized into files that we deleted
> (vs ones we still have).  Will you want to start including a log of
> every code deletion?

I bring it up because code deletions show up in the 'cvs log' of the
still-existing file, while file deletions really are invisible unless
you know the file was there before.  I assume this was Marc's reason for
objecting to the file removals in the first place.  Not sure I agree,
but I see the point.

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