On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 09:49:25PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > 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.
I think a new modifier would be too rushed at this stage, but there's no reason to throw out the progress on \d vs \dt. Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david(dot)fetter(at)gmail(dot)com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
