Re: [HACKERS] psql code to be obducted by alien (me)

Happy coding...  :-)


> As authorized by Tom L. himself and barring any loud protests I will start
> a code clean-up on psql sometime within the next few days. So if you are
> doing something on it or plan on doing so, please let me know. Among the
> things on the agenda are:
> 
> * Reduce function size, indentation levels, file sizes
> 
> * Make use of latest libpq facilities
> 
> * Take care of various TODO items, such as NULL display (perhaps the one
> recently submitted by me?), \copy issues, possibly more.
> 
> * Allow for implementation of a more sophisticated readline TAB
> completion. (Not necessarily the one I recently sent in, if you can come
> up with a better one. I'll try to keep it general.)
> 
> * Have tables vs. views show up correctly, as explained to me by Jan.
> 
> * Various enhancements on HTML display.
> 
> * A full bag of other ideas which will probably have to be postponed.
> 
> I am also tempted to drop the use of libpq's PQprint so that it can be
> phased out, since I suspect hardly anyone else uses it and no one is
> really happy with it. One could perhaps put a big #ifdef around that code
> then. We'll see what happens. If this development would break your heart,
> please yell.
> 
> Any other suggestions before I lock myself into my room are welcome.
> 
> Peter
> 
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> http://yi.org/peter-e
> 
> 
> 
> ************
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