Re: Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, John Naylor <jcnaylor(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Patch: Remove all declarations from pg_attribute.h, consolidate BKI scripts
Date: 2009-12-21 02:16:01
Message-ID: 200912210316.03447.andres@anarazel.de
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Hi,

On Monday 21 December 2009 02:23:39 Robert Haas wrote:
> A more important point is whether we really need to make this
> dependent on Perl 5.6 or later. What features are we using here that
> actually require Perl 5.6? I suspect the answer is "none, but we
> don't like writing the code in a way that is backward compatible to
> crufty, ancient versions of Perl", to which my response is "get over
> it". :-) I always use the three-argument form of open() in all new
> code, but for fixed strings the two-argument form is just as good and
> has been supported for far longer. Any suggestions that we should
> prefer clean code over portability are, in my opinion, non-starters.
I dont see a platform without perl 5.6 where a new enough flex/bison is
available...

Andres

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