From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Kirk Wolak <wolakk@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: psql: Could we get "-- " prefixing on the **** QUERY ****
 outputs? (ECHO_HIDDEN)
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Comments: In-reply-to Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> On Mon, 2023-05-15 at 08:37 +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>> This looks little bit strange
>> 
>> What about /* comments
>> Like
>> /******* Query ********/
>> Or just
>> -------- Query --------

> +1 for either of Pavel's suggestions.

+1.  Probably the slash-star way would be less visually surprising
to people who are used to the current output.

Checking the psql source code for "****", I see that the single-step
feature could use the same treatment.

			regards, tom lane