Re: attndims, typndims still not enforced, but make the value within a sane threshold

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: attndims, typndims still not enforced, but make the value within a sane threshold
Date: 2024-12-05 23:34:31
Message-ID: 2610463.1733441671@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> How about if we set attndims & typndims to zero in PG 18, and mention
> that these fields are deprecated in the release notes. Then, in a few
> years, we can remove the columns since interfaces hopefully would have
> removed the useless references to the columns.

You have a mighty optimistic view of what will happen. I predict
that if we do step (1), exactly nothing will happen in applications,
and step (2) will remain just as painful for them. (Assuming that
we remember to do step (2), which is no sure thing given our track
record for following through "in a few years".)

regards, tom lane

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