Re: Suggestion for psql command interpretation

Tom Lane wrote:
> Colin Wetherbee <cww@denterprises.org> writes:
>> I just made a typo in psql, and it resulted in something I
>> wouldn't have expected.
>
>> js=# \timimng Showing only tuples.
>
> This is related to the discussion about whether to require a space
> between a backslash command name and its arguments ...

I see.

So, this was interpreted by psql in the same way "\t imimng" would
have been?  Not that \t does anything with arguments, though...

I just thought I'd report it here in case it wasn't supposed to
happen, but from what you say, it seems like it's a "feature".

Colin