Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> We really should not be making changes of this type less than a month
> from our ostensible release date. That is not enough time for us to
> notice if the changes turn out to be not as good as we think they are.
If it weren't for the fact that we'll be wedded forevermore to a bad
choice of syntax, I might agree with you. But at this point, the
alternatives we have are to fix it now, or fix it never. I don't
like #2.
regards, tom lane