Hello Victor,
>> While reviewing Corey's \if patch, I complained that there was some
>> amount of copy-paste in "psql/command.c".
>>
>> Here is an attempt at merging some functions which removes 160 lines of
>> code.
>
> I was looking through your patch. It seems good, the of the functions was
> very similar.
Indeed. I guess that it was initially a copy paste.
> I have a question for you. What was the reason to replace "printfPQExpBuffer"
> by "resetPQExpBuffer" and "appendPQExpBufferStr"?
Because the "printf" version implies interpreting the format layer which
does not add significant value compared to just appending the string.
--
Fabien.