Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
Date: 2009-01-15 21:53:00
Message-ID: 496FB03C.1050000@agliodbs.com
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Tom,

> I'm unimpressed with the idea of a \system switch, because it will still
> be breaking your \df queries hours after you forgot you used it to
> adjust \dt. (This argument holds no matter which way you prefer as
> default.)

Hmmmm, OK.

BTW, is this patch even under consideration for 8.4? If not, why are we
arguing about it? We have 6 months after 8.4 comes out to work out a spec.

--Josh

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