On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:46 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote: > With utmost respect, it's less messy than adding '!' to the already > way too random and mysterious syntax of psql's \ commands. What > should '\det!' mean? What about '\dT!'?
Since \det lists foreign tables, \det! would list foreign tables even if they are partitions. Plain \det would show only the ones that are not partitions. \dT! wouldn't be meaningful, since \dT lists data types and data types can't be partitions. If you're trying to conjure up a rule that every \d<something> command must accept the same set of modifiers, a quick look at the output of \? and a little experimentation will quickly show you that neither S nor + apply to all command types, so I see no reason why that would need to be true for a new modifier either. TBH, I think we should just leave this well enough alone. We're post-beta2 now, there's no clear consensus on what to do here, and there will be very little opportunity for users to give us feedback if we stick a change into an August beta3 before a September final release. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
