"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> If someone wanted to submit appropriate patches for the v7.3 development
> tree, that merge cleanly, I can't see why this wouldn't be a good thing
> ...
I would resist it. I do not think we need the portability and
reliability headaches that would come with it. Furthermore,
an #ifdef'd implementation would be the worst of all possible
worlds, as it would do major damage to readability of the code.
regards, tom lane