$ cat loop.sql \if :x < 1000 \echo :x \set x :x + 1 \include loop.sql \fi $ psql --set x=0 -f loop.sql
Nice one! CPP does not have arithmetic, so it is harder to do that because one must reimplement arithmetic with #if...
Somebody is going to think of that workaround for not having loops, and then whine about how psql runs out of file descriptors and/or stack.
One can already have "include nested too deeply" errors, I guess, without a recursion.
I would say that's this consequence is acceptable, and that this is a feature.
I think having some kind of client-side test brings significant value because it would help writing application schema upgrades for instance, and that the this potential whining source is worth handling.
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