Re: [PATCHES] Current-stream read for psql's \copy

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> No it doesn't.  EOF will do fine.  The source program doesn't
> >> necessarily have to know anything about COPY, as long as its output is
> >> in a format COPY can cope with (eg, tab-delimited).
> 
> > The current behavior seems quite strange and counter-intuitive.  We
> > might break the code for 1-2 people, but we will make it more
> > predicable for everyone using it.
> 
> I don't think it's acceptable to simply remove the functionality.
> If you wanted to argue about swapping the meanings of STDIN and -
> (as defined by the patch) then we could debate about which way is
> more consistent and whether it's worth breaking backwards compatibility
> to improve consistency.  I could probably be talked into supporting
> that; as you say, we've done that before.  But taking out a useful
> behavior that has been there a long time, simply because you've decided
> it's unintuitive, is not okay.

I will do it by vote, not because _I_ decide it is unintuitive.  And I
don't have to talk _you_ into it, just a majority of developers.

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