Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)gluefinance(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>, Herrera Alvaro <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2
Date: 2011-01-23 19:18:57
Message-ID: 1012.1295810337@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> So I guess I'm coming around to the idea that we want something not too
>> much bigger than Andreas' original patch, but applying to both amop and
>> amproc, and putting the operator/function description at the end.

> That's fine with me.

OK, committed that way.

> I think the principal argument for failing to
> remove it entirely is that we've traditionally had it there, but IMHO
> moving in the direction of treating them as separate objects is much
> more clear and an altogether better approach.

I think there's a usability argument in addition to just plain "we
always did it that way". But anyway, this patch has now officially
been discussed to death.

regards, tom lane

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