David Fetter wrote:
I'd much appeciate tips, specific RTFMs and feedback on this so I can get cracking on a patch.
well, before you even start on a patch we should have agreement that this is a good idea, and an agreed design.
This is really an m * n problem. That's what does indeed make it a maintenance nightmare. A new version of psql implements a new command and suddenly we have to provide compatibility versions (if possible) for m server versions back. Repeat for n versions of psql.
One way might to have some loadable SPs that correspond to the slash commands for a particular psql version, and have psql search for those on startup, and use them in preference to its builtin versions. But it would be mighty messy.
I am really not sure it's worth the effort. Just testing would be a pain (buildfarm could not do it, as it now stands, at least).
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