On 11/26/18 7:08 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2018-11-26 19:04:46 -0500, Joe Conway wrote: >> Not intentional. Though, sitting here chatting with Stephen about it, I >> am now wondering if pg_config() should actually be marked immutable: >> >> select * from pg_config() where name = 'VERSION'; >> name | setting >> ---------+----------------- >> VERSION | PostgreSQL 10.5 >> (1 row) >> >> [...upgrade the postgres binaries...] >> >> select * from pg_config() where name = 'VERSION'; >> name | setting >> ---------+----------------- >> VERSION | PostgreSQL 10.6 >> (1 row) >> >> So the correct answer is probably to mark pg_config() stable, but it >> still seems to be parallel safe to me. > > I don't think we should consider immutability to mean anything across > major versions. What'd be helped by doing that? We'd have to rule out > any behaviour change to any immutable function for that to make > sense. Including making an immutable function not immutable anymore.
Umm, this is a minor version not major. Joe -- Crunchy Data - http://crunchydata.com PostgreSQL Support for Secure Enterprises Consulting, Training, & Open Source Development
