On 6/17/19 4:33 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 4:24 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
> <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
>
> On 6/17/19 3:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
> >
> > So I'm curious if this is intended behavior, if it's considered
> useful,
> > and/or if it's a placeholder for something in the future that
> will be
> > useful. Also, is this new, as I've never noticed it before?
>
> Not sure how long that has been around.
>
> My cheat for dealing with many/long column names is:
>
>
> Thanks Adrian, though I wasn't really seeking tips for column names. I
> was instead trying to understand whether this particular tab expansion
> was intentional and considered useful, and if so what that usefulness
If I am following the below correctly it is intentional:
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c;h=68a2ba27aec22302625c5481a8f74cf866f4dc23;hb=d22ca701a39dfd03cdfa1ca238370d34f4bc4ac4
Line 2888
Useful, that is in the eye of the beholder:)
> was, because it's rather escaping me!
>
> Cheers,
> Ken
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
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