Re: Tom Lane
> > I plan not to back-patch either of these.
>
> Hmm, I'd argue for a back-patch. The issue of modern compilers
> warning about the incorrect code will apply to all supported branches.
> Moreover, even if we don't use these code paths today, who's to say
> that someone won't back-patch a bug fix that requires them? I do not
> think it's unreasonable to expect these functions to work well in
> all branches that have them.
Or remove them. (But fixing seems better.)
Christoph