David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> I have a handle on the problem, which is that the tab completion code
> assumes, wrongly, that it only needs to deal with fixed strings. It's
> actually been false for some time in the \div case, for example. The
> S option has shattered the fixed-string assumption.
Check.
> I'm proposing to refactor the backslash handling code so all of it is
> in one spot with differences in the target list and WHERE clauses
> depending on whether it's tab completion, S, +, what I'm thinking of
> as second-level options--the [ivt]* in \d[ivt]* and the [antw]* in
> \df[antw]*[S+]--and patterns.
> Does this sound reasonable?
It seems like rather a large change to be making in beta. Can you make
a small patch that fixes the immediate problem, and leave the
refactoring for 8.5?
regards, tom lane