Re: pgsql: Update wording for 8.1.X, remove : This - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pgsql: Update wording for 8.1.X, remove : This
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Msg-id 200602122351.k1CNpW313907@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql: Update wording for 8.1.X, remove : This  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > This is only for the 8.1.X wording, not the newer HEAD wording.  I
> > thought the 8.1.X wording was old.  Why is it wrong?  Feel free to
> > revert it.
>
> Oh, my mistake, I was thinking you had reverted the newer wording.
> Still, it seems wrong to me, because omitting "only" essentially
> turns the statement into a no-op.  We wouldn't bother to say anything
> if you could set the parameter whenever you wanted.
>
> We could back-patch the newer wording if you want a change.

I only know the person was confused by the wording "Only X or Y" when X
and Y are fairly complex phrases, so I just removed "only".  I just said
"X or Y", which seems to still cover it.  Again, adjust however you
wish.

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