Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes: > We already have a reserved namespace when it comes to roles, > specifically "pg_".. why invent something new like this '&' prefix when > we could just declare that 'pg_superusers' is a role to which all > superusers are members? Or something along those lines?
Meh. If the things aren't actually roles, I think this'd just add confusion. Or were you proposing to implement them as roles? I'm not sure if that would be practical in every case. regards, tom lane