Gevik Babakhani wrote:
>> Actually, it would be nice to be able to reserve some. It would help
>> stop patch bitrot. I know Tom Dunstan wanted to do just that while he
>> was working on the enums patch.
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> Yes it would be very. If Tom Dunstan decided not to do that I would like
> build such a thing.
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You misunderstood me. I meant he wanted to make use of such a facility,
not that he wanted to build it.
By all means float ideas on this - the problem seems to me to be
ensuring that reservations are time limited, but no doubt Tom Lane and
Bruce will have opinions ...
cheers
andrew