Re: Tom Lane > > I plan not to back-patch either of these. > > Hmm, I'd argue for a back-patch. The issue of modern compilers > warning about the incorrect code will apply to all supported branches. > Moreover, even if we don't use these code paths today, who's to say > that someone won't back-patch a bug fix that requires them? I do not > think it's unreasonable to expect these functions to work well in > all branches that have them.
Or remove them. (But fixing seems better.) Christoph