Re: [PATCH] add --throttle to pgbench (submission 3)

Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2013-06-19T18:34:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
>> The use case of the option is to be able to generate a continuous gentle
>> load for functional tests, eg in a practice session with students or for
>> testing features on a laptop.
>
> Why does this need two option formats (-H and --throttle)?

On the latest version it is --rate and -R.

Because you may want to put something very readable and understandable in 
a script and like long options, or have to type it interactively every day 
in a terminal and like short ones. Most UNIX commands include both kind.

-- 
Fabien.