"Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org> writes:
> On Feb 4, 2023, at 10:24 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> “Prevent clobbering of cached parsetrees…Bad things could happen if…”
> While I chuckled over the phrasing, I’m left to wonder what the “bad things” are, in case I
> need to check an older version to see if I’m susceptible to this bug.
Fair. I was trying to avoid committing to specific consequences.
The assertion failure seen in the original report (#17702) wouldn't
occur for typical users, but they might see crashes or "unexpected node
type" failures. Maybe we can say that instead.
regards, tom lane