On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Tom Lane wrote:
> Well, aside from the gruntwork needed to convert all the core code that
> still uses the old APIs, there's the prospect of breaking extension
> modules that still use the old APIs. It's kind of annoying to have two
> copies of that code, but less annoying than removing it would be ...
>
The problem with trying to deprecate it is that the vast majority of the
backend is still using the old interfaces, so people looking for
inspiration for their external modules will likely end up using the old
interface. Like Alvaro I started this conversion a while ago, got bored,
and forgot about it. If people do want this conversion done while keeping
the old interface around, I can track down that patch, update it and
finish it up for the next CommitFest.
Kris Jurka