On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 04:04:41PM +0100, Andrew Gierth wrote:
> >>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>
> Bruce> Would it be helpful to output an array of strings representing
> Bruce> the index definition?
>
> >> Why would that help, if the point is to enable programmatic access
> >> to information?
>
> Bruce> I was thinking an array of strings would avoid problems in
> Bruce> having to re-scan the output for tokens.
>
> OK, but that still leaves the issue of how to interpret each string,
> yes?
Yes, you still have to parse it, just not scan/tokenize it.
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