Re: icons for granting groups to objects

[Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>]

Roberts, Jon wrote:
> When I view the permissions of a schema or table, I noticed that the icon
> for an existing grant to a group role shows a single user icon.  If I grant
> usage to a group role, the icon that is created shows multiple little
> people.  Commit these changes, close the window, and open it again.  Now the
> icon changed from the group role to a single role icon.
> 
> Is that a bug or a feature?

Let's call it a performance related feature :-). By not distinguishing
between login roles and group roles we avoid trawling through the
catalogs to check whether a role has any members or not.

/D