I wrote:
> I don't remember why it's deprecated.
Some trawling of the CVS logs shows that the deprecation notice was
added by Peter here:
2000-01-14 17:18 petere
* doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml, src/bin/psql/command.c,src/bin/psql/command.h,
src/bin/psql/common.c,src/bin/psql/common.h,src/bin/psql/copy.c, src/bin/psql/copy.h,src/bin/psql/describe.c,
src/bin/psql/describe.h,src/bin/psql/help.c,src/bin/psql/help.h, src/bin/psql/input.c,src/bin/psql/input.h,
src/bin/psql/large_obj.c,src/bin/psql/large_obj.h,src/bin/psql/mainloop.c,src/bin/psql/mainloop.h,
src/bin/psql/prompt.c,src/bin/psql/prompt.h,src/bin/psql/settings.h,src/bin/psql/startup.c: Fixed psql variables vs
arraysyntax, aswell as minor psql enhancements
but I failed to find any discussion about the reason in the archives.
Peter?
regards, tom lane