Re: How about a psql backslash command to show GUCs?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How about a psql backslash command to show GUCs?
Date: 2022-04-07 16:37:25
Message-ID: 3370992.1649349445@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>> On Apr 7, 2022, at 9:29 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I wouldn't
>> fight too hard if people want to lengthen it to \dconfig for consistency
>> with set_config().

> I'd prefer \dconfig, but if the majority on this list view that as pedantically forcing them to type more, I'm not going to kick up a fuss about \dconf.

Maybe I'm atypical, but I'm probably going to use tab completion
either way, so it's not really more keystrokes. The consistency
point is a good one that I'd not considered before.

regards, tom lane

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