On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> BTW ... can anyone explain to me the reason why we offer to complete
>>> CREATE OBJECT with the names of existing objects of that kind?
>
>> Isn't that to facilitate commands appended after CREATE SCHEMA? Say
>> table foo is in schema1, and creating it in schema2 gets easier with
>> tab completion?
>
> Seems like pretty much of a stretch. I've never done anything like
> that, have you?
Never, but that was the only reason I could think about. I recall
reading something else on -hackers but I cannot put my finger on it,
nor does a lookup at the archives help... Perhaps that's the one I
just mentioned as well.
--
Michael
