Re: \if, \elseif, \else, \endif (was Re: PSQL commands: \quit_if, \quit_unless)

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, PostgreSQL <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: \if, \elseif, \else, \endif (was Re: PSQL commands: \quit_if, \quit_unless)
Date: 2017-02-11 07:43:12
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.20.1702110837030.26448@lancre
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> Ok, so that's not just PROMPT_READY, that's every prompt...which might be
> ok. ? is a great optional cue, and you're thinking on 2 levels deep, 2nd
> level always being '.'?

Yep. The idea is to keep it short, but to still have something to say
"there are more levels" in the stack, hence the one dot. Basically I just
compressed your 4 level proposal, and added a separator to deal with the
preceding stuff and suggest the conditional.

--
Fabien.

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