On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 07:47:14AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > There's also the issue that, in general, communicating different hints
> > and advice depending on the host operating system is not ideal.
> > Because people ask "how do I do such and such in psql?",
> > they do not ask "how do I do such and such in psql in Windows?".
>
> Well, the exit/quit API is just for users to get things done quickly,
> for typing portability. I don't think it is something that has to have
> a consistent API.
I think the next big question is if/where we want to document this new
behavior. We don't mention 'help' in the psql manual page, but we do
display it in the startup banner:
$ psql test
psql (11devel)
--> Type "help" for help.
What do we want to do with 'exit' and 'quit'? Just leave them
undocumented as compatibility commands? If so, I should at least add a
C comment about this.
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