Re: Patch: psql \whoami option

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-27T15:43:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
David Christensen <david@endpoint.com> writes:
> That's a good point about forward-compatibility.  In that case, I'm  
> not sure if "default" is the best name for the human-readable format,  
> but I didn't like "human-readable" ;-).  I assume that should have an  
> explicit spelling, and not just be the format that we get if we don't  
> otherwise specify.  Ideas, anyone?

I think this patch has near zero usecase already, and more than one
output format is *definitely* a waste of time.  Forget the argument and
just print the "human readable" format.

			regards, tom lane