"Hamid Quddus Akhtar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Offhand I'd say that an empty file is a legitimate corner case,
>> so we should just take it silently.
> Shouldn't we be warning about an empty file rather than just swallowing
> up the error?
You are jumping to a conclusion, namely that it is an error. If it's
a legitimate corner case, throwing a warning every time the file is
read would be incredibly annoying.
If it's not a legitimate case, then we should throw a real error.
A warning just strikes me as the worst of both worlds.
regards, tom lane
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