Re: explain output infelicity in psql

From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: explain output infelicity in psql
Date: 2009-12-10 16:44:16
Message-ID: 4B212560.5090907@cheapcomplexdevices.com
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Robert Haas escribió:
>> On first blush, I'm inclined to suggest that the addition of + signs
>> to mark continuation lines is a misfeature.
>
> EXPLAIN is a special case. IMHO it should be dealt with accordingly.
>

Is it?

Wouldn't it affect anyone who stuck XML in a txt column and wanted
to copy and paste it into a parser?

Perhaps single column output usually won't want the + signs (because
it's copy&pasteable) but multi-column output could?

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