Re: [HACKERS] alter table doc fix - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Amit Langote
Subject Re: [HACKERS] alter table doc fix
Date
Msg-id 0829f0d7-2226-755a-ede9-a0ea51bb4223@lab.ntt.co.jp
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] alter table doc fix  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
List pgsql-hackers
On 2017/10/18 20:37, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Amit Langote wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> Noticed that a alter table sub-command's name in Description (where it's
>> OWNER) differs from that in synopsis (where it's OWNER TO).  Attached
>> patch to make them match, if the difference is unintentional.
> 
> I agree -- pushed.

Thanks for committing.

> This paragraph
> 
>    <para>
>     The actions for identity columns (<literal>ADD
>     GENERATED</literal>, <literal>SET</literal> etc., <literal>DROP
>     IDENTITY</literal>), as well as the actions
>     <literal>TRIGGER</literal>, <literal>CLUSTER</literal>, <literal>OWNER</literal>,
>     and <literal>TABLESPACE</literal> never recurse to descendant tables;
>     that is, they always act as though <literal>ONLY</literal> were specified.
>     Adding a constraint recurses only for <literal>CHECK</literal> constraints
>     that are not marked <literal>NO INHERIT</literal>.
>    </para>
> 
> is a bit annoying, though I think it'd be worse if we "fix" it to be
> completely strict about the subcommands it refers to.

I didn't notice it in this paragraph before you pointed out, but maybe as
you say, there's not much point in trying to be strict here too.  If we do
fix it though, we might want to do something about TRIGGER, CLUSTER, too,
because there are no sub-commands named just TRIGGER, CLUSTER.

Thanks,
Amit



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