Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I talked to Greg via chat and it looks like '&' is the best choice for > > adding system object display: > > > \d& shows system stuff > > Yech, that's awful. It looks ugly and it commandeers a punctuation > symbol that we might wish to use for something else someday. > > I thought the "S" suggestion was much better than this.
My problem is that it uses a letter as a modifier, while all other letters are object specifications. '+' is a modifier. We need another modifier that isn't a letter. No one knew \dtS worked because 'S' doesn't look like a modifier. > Personally I am not unhappy with the existing behavior, because (unlike > Greg I guess) I use \df and \do to look at system definitions all the > time. However I'm willing to accept \dfS on the grounds of symmetry > with the behavior for tables. I don't really want to put up with a less > convenient behavior *and* a gratuitously different syntax. I am also happy with the existing behavior. Another idea is to add a modifier that supresses system functions, etc. I think adding 'S' to \df confuses more than it helps. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
