Re: Show comments in \dRp+, \dRs+, and \dX+ psql meta-commands - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2026-Feb-27, Pavel Luzanov wrote:

> On 26.02.2026 16:53, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> > I wonder though if the variable ought to be more
> > generic.
> 
> Can you please explain what you mean by more generic?

I think if we limit it to "does plus add comments or not" is a bit too
narrow a definition.  Maybe "BACKSLASH_CMD_OPTS" that takes a
comma-separated list, say

\pset BACKSLASH_CMD_OPTS comments,expanded

and with that then all commands behave as if the '*' and 'x' options had
been given.

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