On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:14:31PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > David Fetter wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 04:51:03PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> >>> Rod Taylor <rod.tay...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> I tried making a functional index based on an expression >>>> containing the 2 argument regexp_matches() function. Is there a >>>> reason why this function is not marked immutable instead of >>>> normal? >>>> >>> regex_flavor affects its result. >>> >> >> Speaking of which, can we see about deprecating and removing this GUC? >> I've yet to hear of anyone using a flavor other than the default. > > You have now. I have a client who sadly uses a non-default setting. And > on 8.4, what is more.
OK, now I've heard of one. I still think we should deprecate and remove. Say, deprecate this next release and remove for the following one? > There are more things under heaven and earth .... My philosophy doesn't include infinite backward compatibility. Neither do heaven and earth, come to think of it. :) Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
