Re: pg_get_viewdefs() indentation considered harmful

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_get_viewdefs() indentation considered harmful
Date: 2014-01-25 01:16:56
Message-ID: 7709.1390612616@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> But it strikes me that pg_dump, at least when not doing an SQL dump,
> really has no reason to ask for indentation at all. It's already
> asking for non-prettyprinted output, why not make non-prettyprinted
> also mean non-indented?

We do go to some effort to make pg_dump's output legible, so I'm not
especially on board with this idea.

regards, tom lane

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