> On Sep 11, 2020, at 12:54 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 3:23 PM Mark Dilger
> <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>> Another option would be to have pg_dump take a strictness mode option. I don't think the option should have
anythingto do with postfix operators specifically, but be more general like --dump-incompatible-objects vs.
--omit-incompatible-objectsvs. --error-on-incompatible-objects vs. --do-your-best-to-fixup-incompatible-objects, with
oneof those being the default (and with all of them having better names). If --error-on-incompatible-objects were the
default,that would behave as Robert recommended upthread.
>>
>> I can totally see an objection to the added complexity of such options, so I'm really just putting this out on the
listfor comment.
>
> I'm not opposed to Tom's proposal. I just wanted to raise the issue
> for discussion.
Ah, ok. I don't feel any need for changes, either. I'll leave the patch as it stands now.
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