"Brendan Jurd" <direvus@gmail.com> writes:
> I've had a chance to look at this now, and although it certainly does
> seem workable, there's a lot of duplication of code that I feel uneasy
> about. describeOneTableDetails essentially already duplicates the
> table buildling code in printQuery, so I would be creating a third
> copy of the same logic.
> This makes me wonder whether print.c could offer something a bit more
> helpful to callers wishing to DIY a table; we could have a
> table-building struct with methods like addHeader and addCell.
> What do you think? Overkill, or worthy pursuit?
Once you have two occurrences of a pattern, it's reasonable to assume
there will be more later. +1 for building a little bit of infrastructure.
regards, tom lane
