Thanks. That's the best reason I can think of too. "Less expensive" feels like taking shortcuts to speed up things and not a good reason to make decision on. Although maintain backward compatibility makes sense (to some extend), if old PG doesn't behave properly, it should be fixed, shouldn't it? -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Another-unexpected-behaviour-tp4610242p4616513.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general