Re: psql command aliases support

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: psql command aliases support
Date: 2008-04-03 14:43:19
Message-ID: E39E714BCFAAA675F207CEF8@imhotep.credativ.de
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--On Freitag, April 04, 2008 01:11:51 +1100 Brendan Jurd
<direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> What is the virtue of allowing such a syntax in the first place? I
> can't think of any other context where it's okay to issue a command
> together with arguments without some kind of delimiter, for the
> obvious reason that it introduces ambiguities such as those Greg
> described.

Yeah, i always felt very uncomfortable with this behavior. Anyways, it's
too late to complain about that and it shouldn't block new features which
can increase usability on the other side.

--
Thanks

Bernd

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