Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
Date: 2009-01-15 17:41:18
Message-ID: 200901151741.n0FHfI816268@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Brendan Jurd" <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Most people wanting to learn about which system functions are
> > available will be surely be going to the manual, not using \df?
>
> I think people use \df all the time to check the argument list, verify
> whether they remember the function name correctly, etc. It's not for
> "learning about" stuff you never heard of, it's for remembering details
> (as indeed is the usage for user-defined functions too).

Which means my patch will work perfectly for them (because of the
pattern), and hopefully for you. ;-)

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