On 2023-Jun-21, Peter Smith wrote:
> Except, please note that there are already multiple message format
> strings in the HEAD code that look like "%s for subscription ...",
> that are using the get_worker_name() function for the name
> substitution.
>
> e.g.
> - "%s for subscription \"%s\" will stop because the subscription was removed"
> - "%s for subscription \"%s\" will stop because the subscription was disabled"
> - "%s for subscription \"%s\" will restart because of a parameter change"
> - "%s for subscription %u will not start because the subscription was
> removed during startup"
> - "%s for subscription \"%s\" will not start because the subscription
> was disabled during startup"
> - "%s for subscription \"%s\" has started"
That is a terrible pattern in relatively new code. Let's get rid of it
entirely rather than continue to propagate it.
> So, I don't think it is fair to say that these format strings are OK
> for the existing HEAD code, but not OK for the patch code, when they
> are both the same.
Agreed. Let's remove them all.
BTW this is documented:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/nls-programmer.html#NLS-GUIDELINES
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