Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> We already have a reserved namespace when it comes to roles,
> specifically "pg_".. why invent something new like this '&' prefix when
> we could just declare that 'pg_superusers' is a role to which all
> superusers are members? Or something along those lines?
Meh. If the things aren't actually roles, I think this'd just
add confusion. Or were you proposing to implement them as roles?
I'm not sure if that would be practical in every case.
regards, tom lane