Re: new psql \d command

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: new psql \d command
Date: 2003-08-07 16:29:57
Message-ID: 200308071629.h77GTvZ14328@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > It just seemed complex to figure out which operators needed parens and
> > which didn't.
>
> The fact that the first attempt was wrong doesn't improve my faith in
> that code one bit ;-). I don't want pg_dump invoking it, even as an
> option. Someone will get burnt.

Yes, even if we get it right now, it might break in the future by a
change somewhere else, and we may not discover the breakage until it is
too late.

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