Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:51:01 -0500
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>
Cc: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>,
	pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Add starelid, attnum to pg_stats and leverage this in pg_dump
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On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 10:44:58AM -0500, Sami Imseih wrote:
>> Oh, a question I forgot to ask: why wouldn't we do the same thing for
>> pg_stats_ext and pg_stats_ext_exprs?
> 
> [...]
> 
> If we do add relid there, it will be for consistency only.

It might be only for consistency for now, but it strikes me as something
that could be handy down the road (in which case it'd be nice to minimize
the number of versions that need a fallback).

-- 
nathan