Re: \if, \elseif, \else, \endif (was Re: [HACKERS] PSQL commands: \quit_if, \quit_unless) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

"Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org> writes:
> ISTM that it's important that eventually ParseVariableBool()
> and \if agree on what evaluates to true and false (and the
> more straightforward way to achieve that is by \if calling
> directly ParseVariableBool), but that it's not productive that we
> discuss /if issues relatively to the behavior of ParseVariableBool()
> in HEAD at the moment, as it's likely to change.

AFAIK we do have consensus on changing its behavior to disallow
assignment of invalid values.  It's just a matter of getting the
patch to be stylistically nice.
        regards, tom lane