Re: message style for errcontext - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: message style for errcontext
Date
Msg-id 21793.1274121117@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to message style for errcontext  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
List pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> We have in 9.0 plperl.c
> errcontext("while executing PostgreSQL::InServer::SPI::bootstrap")));
> errcontext("while parsing Perl initialization")));
> errcontext("while running Perl initialization")));
> errcontext("While executing PLC_TRUSTED.")));
> errcontext("While executing utf8fix.")));
> errcontext("While executing plperl.on_plperl_init.")));
> errcontext("while executing plperl.on_plperlu_init")));

> Could we agree on a capitalization and punctuation scheme?

Instances of errcontext() elsewhere don't use either initcap or
terminating period.  I think that's probably good to stick with,
but the message guidelines need to document that these messages
shouldn't follow the "full sentence" style.
        regards, tom lane


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