On 2013-12-05 11:54:20 +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 2013/12/5 Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> > We can introduce some assert polymorphic function > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION notnull(any, message text) RETURNS any, that can > be used for check inside SQL
Uh. How is that going to help applications that upgraded, without having noticed a pretty obscure notice in the release notes?
this function doesn't replace a "obscure notice in the release notes".
On second hand is better to throw unpractically designed feature early than hold it forever.
If there was not too aversion against GUC, I can say, so for some time GUC can be solution. But it isnot
Regards
Pavel
If this were day one, I would agree we should go that way, but today...