Re: pg14 psql broke \d datname.nspname.relname - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: pg14 psql broke \d datname.nspname.relname
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Msg-id CA+TgmoZfQZnmDR2_=smQAc3hUfSrO+=kUk9Auoh8qEo5YmX8BA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: pg14 psql broke \d datname.nspname.relname  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 9:59 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> In any case, that seems quite orthogonal to the question of how to treat
> names with too many dots in them.  Considering we are three days out from
> freezing 14.1, I think it is time to stop the meandering discussion and
> fix it.  And by "fix", I mean revert to the pre-14 behavior.

I do not think that there is consensus on that proposal.

And FWIW, I still oppose it. It's debatable whether this even
qualifies as a bug in the first place, and even more debatable whether
accepting and ignoring arbitrary garbage is the right solution.

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Robert Haas
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