Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 5/17/17 11:37, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Concretely, how about the attached? I don't think this looks any
>> worse than the current layout.
> The previous setup has been in place for years and has never been a
> problem. The alternatives are all quite a bit worse.
No, the previous setup hasn't been "in place for years". These programs
were only NLS-ified last fall. Before that the code looked like, eg,
printf(" -z, --stats[=record] show statistics instead of records\n");printf(" (optionally,
showper-record statistics)\n");
so that there weren't string continuations for pgindent to fool with.
I'm not really convinced that having usage() print two- or three-line
switch descriptions is "quite a bit better" than what I suggested.
regards, tom lane