plpgsql Difference in behaviour between versions?

[Chris McDonald <chrisjonmcdonald@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I am upgrading a system from postgresql 8.4.8 (fedora 13 x64) to postgresql 9.0.5 (fedora 15 x64). As I build a database I've noticed that the following works on 8.4.8 but does not work on 9.0.5. Can someone tell me why this is not legal syntax in 9.0.5 but is legal in 8.4.8 please:

===snip===
create type mytype
as
(
   somekey integer,
   open numeric(14, 2)
);

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc(IN INTEGER, IN NUMERIC(14, 2))
	RETURNS VOID
AS $$
DECLARE
	somekey ALIAS FOR $1;
	rec mytype;
BEGIN
	rec.somekey = somekey;

        -- 9.0.5 will fail at the dot character in the 
        -- following line here with syntax error sqlstate 42601
        -- but 8.4.8 is happy.
	rec.open = 32;
        -- ^ 

	RETURN;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
===snip===

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