Re: Closing some 8.4 open items

Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>>> If there are no objections, I'm going to remove the following items
>>> from the list at
>>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_8.4_Open_Items
>>>
>>>
>>> change cardinality() for multi-dim arrays?
>>>
>>> Drop; there's no consensus that this should be changed
>>>
>> I don't think we should let this go quite so easily, as this is a new
>> function, so the bias should be to "getting it right" rather than "don't
>> change it".
>>
>
> I think it is right already, but the point is debatable.
>
>
>> The supplied functionality is not only surprising, but easily obtained by an
>> existing function. ISTM if we're supplying a new function it should have new
>> functionality.
>>
>
> Well, it's a compatibility function...
>
>

compatible with what?

The other thing that frankly bothers me is that we appear to have
acquired this function by a curious process which involved no proposal
or discussion that I have discovered. If there had been proper and
adequate discussion before the item was committed I wouldn't be making a
fuss now, whether or not I agreed with the result.

cheers

andrew