Re: hstore isexists

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: hstore isexists
Date: 2006-10-11 21:05:47
Message-ID: 20061011210547.GU13487@nasby.net
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:00:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Jim C. Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> writes:
> > Sorry, I don't know the history of hstore... but if it's brand new, why
> > are we worried about backwards compatibility?
>
> Because it's been available for awhile outside of contrib (namely,
> on Oleg and Teodor's own site). So there are people using it.

So wouldn't it make sense to document that the old functions are
depricated so those existing users will stop using them? Maybe the base
documentation isn't the best place for that... perhaps an UPGRADING
section.
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Jim Nasby jim(at)nasby(dot)net
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)

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