Re: Patch: psql \whoami option - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Patch: psql \whoami option
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Msg-id 6820.1264606984@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Patch: psql \whoami option  (David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>)
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David Christensen <david@endpoint.com> writes:
> That's a good point about forward-compatibility.  In that case, I'm  
> not sure if "default" is the best name for the human-readable format,  
> but I didn't like "human-readable" ;-).  I assume that should have an  
> explicit spelling, and not just be the format that we get if we don't  
> otherwise specify.  Ideas, anyone?

I think this patch has near zero usecase already, and more than one
output format is *definitely* a waste of time.  Forget the argument and
just print the "human readable" format.
        regards, tom lane


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