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Default privileges are represented as NULL::aclitem[] in catalog ACL columns, while revoking all privileges leaves an empty aclitem[]. These two cases used to produce identical output in psql meta-commands like \dp. Using something like "\pset null '(default)'" as a workaround for spotting the difference did not work, because null values were always displayed as empty strings by describe.c's meta-commands. This patch improves that with two changes: 1. Print "(none)" for empty privileges so that the user is able to distinguish them from default privileges, even without special workarounds. 2. Remove the special handling of null values in describe.c, so that "\pset null" is honored like everywhere else. (This affects all output from these commands, not only ACLs.) The privileges shown by \dconfig+ and \ddp as well as the column privileges shown by \dp are not affected by change #1, because the respective aclitem[] is reset to NULL or deleted from the catalog instead of leaving an empty array. Erik Wienhold and Laurenz Albe Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1966228777.127452.1694979110595@office.mailbox.org
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