From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch |
Date: | 2009-01-15 16:45:09 |
Message-ID: | 200901151645.n0FGj9307709@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > The basic goal of the patch was to make 'S' consistent for all \d
> > backslash commands, and we had a lot of discussion about it, and many
> > people asked for it (I can't find my user functions).
>
> I think this falls in the category of "be careful what you wish for,
> you might get it". It is now blindingly obvious that the folks asking
> for that had not actually lived with the behavior for any period of
> time.
>
> Personally I think we should just revert the patch and go back to the
> behavior we've had for umpteen years. However, if you cannot bear to
> leave well enough alone, how about *reversing* the sense --- that is,
> default behavior is to show everything and there is an extra character
> to omit system objects?
I got several emails thanking me for applying the patch, so there is
clearly user-demand for 'S'. I think _we_ as developers look at the
system stuff a lot but in user-land, they would rather not see it by
default.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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