On 2015-07-01 10:51:49 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> The problem is that there are multiple risks to manage here. If I were to
> back-patch that patch, it would actively break any third-party extensions
> that might be using the formerly-considered-valid technique of passing a
> NULL array pointer to these lookup functions. We don't like breaking
> things in minor releases; that discourages people from updating to new
> minor releases.
Yep, let's just fix it in master (and potentially 9.5, I don't care).
Regards,
Andres