Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Happy column dropping
Date: 2000-01-23 21:48:10
Message-ID: 200001232148.QAA12107@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > Usually some one cleans me up. :-) Even with discussion, my stuff is
> > not 100%.
> >
> > I did code to extend the number of index columns >8, but broke the
> > system in several ways. Tom Lane fixed it for me. I think I even
> > committed it with a broken initdb, but figured out how to disable it
> > while Tom and I worked on it.
> >
> > Yes, but even my feature additions have problems. :-)
>
> There is a key factor involved in all of this ... how many of these
> "bugs" were things that ppl would think about before it is
> implemented?

No idea. I just know I didn't think of them.

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