Tom Lane wrote: > A variant that might or might not be safer is "\g <foo", ie we > insist on you putting a mark there that shows you intended to read. > > Also, not quite clear what we'd do about copy-from-program. > I think "\g |foo" is definitely confusing for that. "\g foo|" > would be better if it doesn't have syntax issues.
I haven't written any patch yet, but I was thinking of submitting something like that, with the addition of "\g >foo" as a synonym of "\g foo" for the symmetry with "<". Perl's open() also uses the "program |" syntax. Best regards, -- Daniel Vérité PostgreSQL-powered mailer: http://www.manitou-mail.org Twitter: @DanielVerite
