Re: doc: add missing "id" attributes to extension packaging page - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: doc: add missing "id" attributes to extension packaging page
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Msg-id 210513.1673328173@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: doc: add missing "id" attributes to extension packaging page  (Brar Piening <brar@gmx.de>)
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Brar Piening <brar@gmx.de> writes:
> On 09.01.2023 at 21:18, Tom Lane wrote:
>> * I got rid of a couple of "-et-al" additions, because it did not
>> seem like a good precedent.  That would tempt people to modify
>> existing ID tags when adding variables to an entry, which'd defeat
>> the purpose I think.

> I tried to use it sparsely, mostly where a varlistentry had multiple
> child items and I had arbitrarily pick one of them. It's not important,
> though. I'm curious how you solved this.

I just removed "-et-al", I didn't question your choice of the principal
variable name.  As you say, it didn't seem to matter that much.

            regards, tom lane



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