Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>>> Here's an updated version of the psql backslash patch that should
> >>>> apply cleanly to the current HEAD. To recap, this makes all the \dX
> >>>> commands (most importantly to most: \df) work like \dt does, in that it
> >>>> requires a \dXS to see system items. See the archives for much more
> >>>> discussion on the issue.
> >>> Patch applied, thanks.
> >> This patch has annoyed me twice in two days now, and similarly with
> >> other people I know. Having to type \dfS now is about the worst loss of
> >> usability in psql that I can recall. Can we reconsider or revert this?
> >
> > Well, \dT is even worse. ;-) (How many users have user-defined types?)
> >
> > The basic goal of the patch was to make 'S' consistent for all \d
> > backslash commands, and we had a lot of discussion about it, and many
> > people asked for it (I can't find my user functions). It is hard to
> > argue that our previous behavior was logical (though perhaps useful).
>
> Consistency is nice, but I'm used to typing \df pg_foobar() as well.
> Could we make plain "\df" list only user functions, but "\df XXX" search
> for system functions as well? And the same for all \d* commands, for the
> consistency.

That makes sense; let me work on that.

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