Re: [PATCH] Exorcise "zero-dimensional" arrays (Was: Re: Should array_length() Return NULL)

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:14:15AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
> 
> > No, it *isn't* a good idea.  GUCs that change application-visible
> > semantics are dangerous.  We should have learned this lesson by now.
> 
> Really?  I thought that standard_conforming_strings was a great example
> of how to ease our users into a backwards-compatibility break.   My
> thought was that we change the behavior in 9.4, provide a
> backwards-compatible GUC with warnings in the logs for two versions, and
> then take the GUC away.

standard_conforming_strings is not a good example because it took 5+
years to implement the change, and issued warnings about non-standard
use for several releases --- it is not a pattern to follow.

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