Re: SQL access to database attributes

From: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: SQL access to database attributes
Date: 2014-06-21 21:14:02
Message-ID: 53A5F59A.30906@dalibo.com
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On 06/21/2014 10:11 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am looking createdb_alterdb_grammar_refactoring.v1.patch
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/53868E57.3030908@dalibo.com

Thank you for looking at this.

> Is any reason or is acceptable incompatible change CONNECTION_LIMIT
> instead CONNECTION LIMIT? Is decreasing parser size about 1% good enough
> for breaking compatibility?

How is compatibility broken? The grammar still accepts the old way, I
just changed the documentation to promote the new way.

> Surely this patch cannot be backported what is proposed there.

There are reasons I can think of not to backport this first patch, but
breaking compatibility isn't one of them.
--
Vik

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