Fabien COELHO <coe...@cri.ensmp.fr> writes: >> I also fear that there are corner cases where the behavior would still >> be inconsistent. Consider >> >> \if ... >> \set foo `echo \endif should not appear here`
> In this instance, ISTM that there is no problem. On "\if true", set is > executed, all is well. On "\if false", the whole line would be skipped > because the if-related commands are only expected on their own line, all > is well again. No problem. AFAICS, you misunderstood the example completely, or else you're proposing syntax restrictions that are even more bizarre and unintelligible than I thought before. We cannot have a situation where the syntax rules for backslash commands inside an \if are fundamentally different from what they are elsewhere; that's just going to lead to confusion and bug reports. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers