David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> writes: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 07:43:52PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> I'm not sure that this should be a run-time option.
> Given the often onerous givens of installing new software on > production machines, I'm thinking it actually should be. What's that have to do with it? This is a development option, not a production option. I don't think it should be in production builds at all, let alone be invokable via a simple command-line switch. The notion that ordinary users will want to use it is hogwash --- we'd be much more likely to get complaints about psql spewing unexpected output. regards, tom lane