Re: [PATCH] Exorcise "zero-dimensional" arrays (Was: Re: Should array_length() Return NULL)

Tom,

> No, it *isn't* a good idea.  GUCs that change application-visible
> semantics are dangerous.  We should have learned this lesson by now.

Really?  I thought that standard_conforming_strings was a great example
of how to ease our users into a backwards-compatibility break.   My
thought was that we change the behavior in 9.4, provide a
backwards-compatible GUC with warnings in the logs for two versions, and
then take the GUC away.

Whether that's worth the effort, though, is a question of how many
people are going to be affected by the compatibility break.  Maybe I can
do a survey.

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