Re: pltcl: sentence improvement - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pltcl: sentence improvement
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Msg-id 3722.1442429857@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pltcl: sentence improvement  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I agree a full rewrite is sensible, but that particular wording looks
> slightly odd to me.  I would either have added an "an", or pluralized
> the subject, so either

>  "trigger's return list must have an even number of elements"
> or
>  "trigger's return lists must have even number of elements"

There's only one list involved, so the second doesn't seem right to me.
I don't have a problem with adding "an", but as you say, we elide such
articles elsewhere too.  Feel free to change it if you like.
        regards, tom lane



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