few scripting features doesn't mean scripting language. \if in psql is nice
feature that reduce duplicate code, unreadable code, and helps with
deployment and test scripts. pgbench and psql should to have similar
environment - and I am thinking so \if should be there.
Using Lua is not bad idea - in psql too - I though about it much, but in
this case is better to start from zero.
Yep. Having another versatile (interactive) client would not be a bad
thing. I'm still wondering how to conciliate any scripting language with
"bare SQL". The backslash-oriented syntax already used for psql & pgbench
seems the only available option. Otherwise ISTM that it is back to a
standard library oriented client access with import, connect, exec...
whatever set of function already provided by standard libraries (psycopg
for python, ...).
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Fabien.
