Re: [PATCH][Documination] Add optional USING keyword before opclass name in INSERT statemet - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Nikolay Shaplov
Subject Re: [PATCH][Documination] Add optional USING keyword before opclass name in INSERT statemet
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Msg-id 16646180.a69D9Aee7y@home
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In response to Re: [PATCH][Documination] Add optional USING keyword before opclass name in INSERT statemet  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCH][Documination] Add optional USING keyword before opclass name in INSERT statemet  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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В письме от 31 мая 2016 15:38:38 пользователь Robert Haas написал:

> >>> 99% of the time, you'd be right.  But this is an unusual case, for the
> >>> reasons I mentioned before.
> >>
> >> I tend to agree with Nikolay.  I can't see much upside in making this
> >> change.  At best, nothing will break.  At worst, something will break.
> >> But how do we actually come out ahead?
> >
> > We come out ahead by not having to make the documentation more confusing.
> >
> > Basically, we have the opportunity to fix an ancient mistake here at
> > very low cost.  I do not think that doubling down on the mistake is
> > a better answer.
>
> I'm not convinced, but we don't have to agree on everything...
I am not convinced too. But I will not argue hard for the patch as far as my
main goal was to report inconsistency. Through the I consider Tom's proposal
quite strange...



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