Not that I want this to become a flame war - but because two separate people challenged my opinion, and I only wish to clarify what it is... :-)
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:32:12PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:57:33PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I don't get a vote - but I do want to suggest, as a user, that I get > > >generally annoyed with the presence of interfaces with names that > > >were chosen for historical reasons, but are maintained only for > > >compatibility, and either never did, or no longer apply. > > >I'd rather you left it fixed. Returning it to the old name, for the > > >sake of process, and no other good reason, doesn't appeal to me. > It's not just for the sake of process. It's because the pgAdmin guys, > who were the ones which invented the API and the users of it, are > already using it with this interface. Changing it means they take the > compatibility hit. However, I question how hard the compatibility hit > is -- for the return type, isn't it a matter of testing two possible > values instead of one? The naming case is harder, but how much? If it is to be changed in the future, say, 8.2, I don't believe this point has merit. If, however, it would not be changed in the future, say, 8.2, you are correct. > > >It is > > >a lesson learned. We move on. Enforce the process next time. Self > > >inflicted punishment is somewhat masochistic. :-) > > If we don't enforce the process this time, why would we enforce it next > > time? > Because we will know better. Yes. And because the people involved are not children. They are mature adults. :-) Cheers, mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend