Re: PATCH: pgbench allow '=' in \set

> [...] I tend to agree with the bottom line that that's just more 
> complication than is justified.  I sympathize with Robert's dislike for 
> backslash continuations; but doing it the other way would be a huge 
> amount of up-front work and a nontrivial amount of continuing 
> maintenance, for which we would not get thanks from users but rather 
> bitching about how we broke their scripts.  Seems like a lose-lose 
> situation.

I agree. It is a small matter that does not justify a large patch, a 
greater maintenance burden and breaking compatibility.

I've posted a small patch for backslash-continuations as a new thread.

-- 
Fabien.