Re: Remove "Source Code" column from \df+ ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Rushabh Lathia <rushabh(dot)lathia(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Masao Fujii <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Remove "Source Code" column from \df+ ?
Date: 2016-10-12 15:16:55
Message-ID: 15028.1476285415@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Peter Eisentraut (peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote:
>> I'm OK with just removing all the source codes from the \d family and
>> using the \s family instead.

> Ok, great, thanks for clarifying that. Since we only have '\sf' today,
> I think the prevailing option here is then to make the change to
> removing 'prosrc' from \df+, have an 'internal name' column, and have
> users use \sf for functions.

I'm not sure that Peter was voting for retaining "internal name", but
personally I prefer that to deleting prosrc entirely, so +1.

> Personally, I like the idea of a '\sv' for views, though we should
> discuss that on a new thread.

We have \sv already no?

I'm kind of -1 on removing view definitions from \d+. It's worked like
that for a very long time and Peter's is the first complaint I've heard.
I think changing it is likely to annoy more people than will think it's
an improvement.

regards, tom lane

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