Re: Little cleanup of ShmemInit function names - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Little cleanup of ShmemInit function names
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Msg-id 202408290106.j3pjce7rv6zc@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: Little cleanup of ShmemInit function names  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Little cleanup of ShmemInit function names
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On 2024-Aug-28, Tom Lane wrote:

> Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> writes:

> > Hmm, I don't see the issue. It's an uncommon sentence structure, but it 
> > was there before this patch, and it's correct AFAICS. If you grep for 
> > "which see ", you'll find some more examples of that.
> 
> I didn't check the git history for this particular line, but at least
> some of those examples are mine.  I'm pretty certain it's good English.

As a non-native speaker, I'm always grateful for examples of unusual
grammatical constructs.  They have given me many more opportunities for
growth than if all comments were restricted to simple English.  I have
had many a chance to visit english.stackexchange.net on account of
something I read in pgsql lists or code comments.

-- 
Álvaro Herrera               48°01'N 7°57'E  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/



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