Re: [HACKERS] psql and comments

On Oct 11, Thomas Lockhart mentioned:

> >   some query;
> >   *** comment
> >   *** comment
> >   \p
> >   \r
> >   more queries;
> > which should probably be changed anyway to something like
> > -- comment
> > -- comment
> 
> Actually, this is probably testing that the buffer reset actually
> clears the lines, which wouldn't be as obvious if there were only
> legal SQL preceeding it. Maybe leave it as-is??

I think I figured that out: the *** comments actually show up in the
output of the regression tests as an aid to a person glancing at the
results. If the regression tests wanted to test psql then they could
certainly do a lot more fun things than that.

I was planning on implementing an \echo command which could easily be
dropped in there as a more elegant solution.

Which makes me think. The server regression tests should certainly not
rely on some particular psql functionality, just as a matter of principle.
But if I'm ever really bored I could write a separate psql regression
test. No promise though.
-Peter

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