Re: pg_get_viewdefs() indentation considered harmful - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_get_viewdefs() indentation considered harmful
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Msg-id 7709.1390612616@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_get_viewdefs() indentation considered harmful  (Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu> writes:
> But it strikes me that pg_dump, at least when not doing an SQL dump,
> really has no reason to ask for indentation at all. It's already
> asking for non-prettyprinted output, why not make non-prettyprinted
> also mean non-indented?

We do go to some effort to make pg_dump's output legible, so I'm not
especially on board with this idea.
        regards, tom lane



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