Re: psql tab completion for DO blocks

David Fetter <david@fetter.org>

From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-02T21:50:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 04:22:38PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> > Please find enclosed a patch which adds tab completion for DO
> > blocks.
> 
> Seems (a) rather pointless and

I don't find it so.

> (b) wrong in detail.

How?  That it can't look back past the code block is reflects
limitations in lexx and yacc, a problem which, to put it mildly, is
much larger than I can address in a single patch.

It does produce correct results for front-loading the language in
which the DO block is to be created.

Cheers,
David.
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