Re: [PATCH] Add additional extended protocol commands to psql: \parse and \bindx - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 13.06.25 04:56, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 09:53:13PM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
>> wrote:
>>> And this is not something users ever see, so the connection would not be
>>> obvious.  Maybe this should be called something more specific like
>>> \close_stmt.
>>
>> Maybe just \closeprepared ?
> 
> I'm OK with a rename if people feel strongly about it and we still
> have the time to do tweaks like that, but I don't like the suggestions
> \close_stmt and \closeprepared, because that's inconsistent with the
> other new meta-commands.
> 
> What about \close_named to be consistent with \bind_named?  We always
> require a statement name when closing a prepared statement.

That doesn't address the concern that it's confusing what kind of object 
\close operates on.  There are named and unnamed cursors (= portals), 
after all.