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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 09:04:21PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>>> An alternate approach would
>>> be to remove pg_attribute.attndims so we don't even try to preserve 
>>> dimensionality.

>> I could get behind that, perhaps.  It looks like we're not using the
>> field in any meaningful way, and we could simplify TupleDescInitEntry
>> and perhaps some other APIs.

> So should I work on that patch or do you want to try?  I think we should
> do something.

Let's wait for some other opinions, first ...

			regards, tom lane