Based on other comments, this has been done for psql, or at least to some extent. So that's the other thing... pre-emptively writing code in a non-intuitive wa

Based on other comments, this has been done for psql, or at least to some extent. So that's the other thing... pre-emptively writing code in a non-intuitive way for performance reasons often leads to practices sticking around long past the rationale for them even being true.