Re: Usability fail with psql's \dp command

On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 08:11:17PM -0400, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
> >>So those are definitely different privilege states, but they look
> >>the same.
> >
> >Please find attached a patch to fix this. Would this be a
> >back-patchable bug?
>
> My 0.02€: this creates an exception for anyone trying to parse the output.
> I would have preferred empty logically meaning no rights, and the default
> being spelled out explicitely.

If we were designing this on a clean sheet of paper, I'd agree that
what you propose is a better UI, but it's a significant change from
what we have now. People parsing much more common output--this is
pretty corner-case--will have to make changes. Do you think it's
"better enough" to break compatibility in the way you propose, forcing
it into 12?

Best,
David.
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