> If there's something missing in the format, I'd be inclined to add it. 
> We've never promised to make dumps made by version X readable (or 
> usable) by version X-1. We *do* the opposite, however, so you will 
> probably still need to parse dump statements from old dump files. Unless 
> we can back-patch...
> 
> So, rather than carry the hack forward, doing it right for future 
> versions would be my vote.
I guess there's no reason not to.  I'll see if I can come up with something.
Chris