Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
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Msg-id 200901201544.n0KFi6x29926@momjian.us
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In response to Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  ("Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>)
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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> > In thinking last night, I am now wondering if a letter is really the
> > right symbol for this.  We already have letter flags which control
> > object type selection, but the system table addition is kind of
> > independent of those flags, like '+' now.  I am thinking maybe '&' is
> > the right symbol rather than 'A' or 'S'.
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> What problem are we trying to solve here that is not already solved by
> using 'S' for system tables, which has been in use in psql for over a
> decade now?

Well, the 'S' behavior used to be only system, now it is _add_ system.
Anyway, 'S' is still probably the best choice.

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