Re: [BUG?] strange behavior in ALTER TABLE ... RENAME TO on inherited columns

KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com> writes:
> (2010/02/02 11:09), Tom Lane wrote:
>> KaiGai Kohei<kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>  writes:
>>> The attached one also clean up ATPrepAddColumn() and ATExecAddColumn() code,
>>> not only ATPrepAlterColumnType(), according to what I mentioned above.
>> 
>> What exactly do you claim is wrong with the ADD COLUMN case?

> ADD COLUMN case works correctly, but it takes unnecessary loops,
> because the find_all_inheritors() didn't provide the value to be
> set on the new pg_attribute.attinhcount.

> I'm saying it can be rewritten in more graceful manner using the
> new expected_parents argument.

I tend to think that if it ain't broke don't fix it; the odds of
actually breaking it are too high.  I don't really find the new coding
more graceful, anyway ...
        regards, tom lane