Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jO8r3-0003Zc-R5 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:51:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jO8r2-0001UP-Mh for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:51:04 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jO8r2-0001UI-GB for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:51:04 +0000 Received: from mail-qt1-x841.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::841]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jO8qz-0001Ot-N2 for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:51:03 +0000 Received: by mail-qt1-x841.google.com with SMTP id z90so8722835qtd.10 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:51:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=2ndquadrant-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=ZJO+fMYfeqNe1bo1NX1BBefNFVuOWlY5SvkZYXqtdPc=; b=U1nABMeBdxbhveGyqqMa/gjF8WqtS5VhXuvG8LuLocZORaVcCiTuhXtFiK5H9yZ5xz OkVZd7vJyzb7LrPM7/8gDyIsetZTCAgMQ/9STE2tlVLgqXS657G/CU7y8gS+NAUDcEuK 2yT8HdXigc8V5D8MUcSTVBnCcJUap/3doMITcmbnXasKOSv/k8vyCySeWvIG2YQ1odyD UqYjUtSDx1uuk+mNtj6Fs4rFKKIrd9TEfLSNGyVykUnIc8bMJCVLflEPumKaJWQamxN5 t8rzFrNqxr3iSIh6hTF3m+wOpAdD/CTeNBiOFp+rkr4HUCZP/auzXfnQYHZbXek4JW0M oQ8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=ZJO+fMYfeqNe1bo1NX1BBefNFVuOWlY5SvkZYXqtdPc=; b=IJPw4H1Ng3I5TkkIdXri3gVJbv7ahkbCGeIEGbbmx0iMUDFcg3tvYgLPU1rJ2Vs+Rm 2tnbUxSYun1SJSjXadCm+8ZRdxoOQAuS+Yr4ZxkgI/Afu6ze6D3qE3Z6rNmHjVF+PVw8 kYsM/c5EEtSOJKyFa7aujZ4odD1IhE90JjnsqB/UvOfFGTBYavJz7D128GP0TRLb87I1 9DbDnL98MojT0y/TwK0DlmuaSkrsOUSOlOcDnFX+zsVNeVN6Q7M/VZkgCkeCaRnO/TBe ytMZMOh/iUX7vvFXScHixtV80T7LUVtKzrV7oIT3ypDEgUsq2fwU4ITOVdhc+kQgBvTp P8Yw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuaNfkCnI/U9iuf3DnGFJAR4GImLCMGRDs/BtrpUD8wyxxQ22TU1 1OZHwf0dKfubdWW3DpQYgbK7vumNzDpHoZhgkha+U88gVdzeUyQslTtLo50FTa0Eb0KkSizIZHG zcNeYIrO1pFxavPKET8a/aJ/O1Q+eFpFf74qrkHB5eiUiG/bc+KZGRxGGIuQwMDD8XTVN541fKP i9QolpByvw+cjXibcD X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypJP0vEZWJ9Dt5YykUJi2w2IzI0DBaI5aetXH1egfuyLsruLxllxG4MoZzSp90xBDgATpNwmMQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:6b86:: with SMTP id z6mr13629459qts.293.1586821860722; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:51:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nimloth.alvh.no-ip.org ([190.95.18.252]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m10sm9765099qte.71.2020.04.13.16.50.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:50:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by nimloth.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0D257300819; Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:50:52 -0400 (-04) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 19:50:52 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: "Jonathan S. Katz" Cc: Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Poll: are people okay with function/operator table redesign? Message-ID: <20200413235052.GA25649@alvherre.pgsql> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk On 2020-Apr-13, Jonathan S. Katz wrote: > On 4/13/20 7:02 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote: > > Perhaps a counterproposal: We eliminate the content in the leftmost > > "function column, but leave that there to allow the function name / > > signature to span the full 3 columns. Then the rest of the info goes > > below. This will also compress the table height down a bit. > > An attempt at a "POC" of what I'm describing (attached image). > > I'm not sure if I 100% like it, but it does reduce the amount of > information we're displaying but conveys all the details (and matches > what we have in the previous version). Ooh, this seems a nice idea -- the indentation seems to be sufficient to tell apart entries from each other. Your point about information reduction refers to the fact that we no longer keep the unadorned name but only the signature, right? That seems an improvement to me now that I look at it. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services