Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> The consequence will be, though, that psql will accept a syntax for
> "\copy (query) ..." that the corresponding backend command would reject
> were we not transforming it. That strikes me as potentially confusing.
Perhaps. What about plan B: remove the legacy syntax support in \copy?
IIRC it has not been documented since 7.2, so maybe we can finally throw
it overboard. Thoughts?
regards, tom lane