Re: One-shot expanded output in psql using \G

On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 08:22:40AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> > > This particular bike-shedding really doesn't seem to be terribly useful
> > > or sensible, to me. \gx isn't "consistent" or "descriptive", frankly.
> >
> > Why not? To me it reads as "\g with an x option". The "x" refers to
> > the implied "\x", so it's not an arbitrary choice at all.
> >
> > The main problem I see with \G is that it's a dead end. If somebody
> > comes along next year and says "I'd like a variant of \g with some other
> > frammish", what will we do? There are no more case variants to use.
> >
> > In short, really the direction this ought to go in is \g[options] [file]
> > which is perfectly consistent with precedents in psql such as \d.
> > But there isn't any place where we've decided that upper case means
> > a variant of a lower case command.
> >
>
> +1

+1 from me, too, for what it's worth.

If we're expanding the meanings of \g, let's do it with at least some
eye to future expansions.

Best,
David.
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