On 11/5/14, 2:43 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 11/5/14 10:57 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> However, should we consider the possibility of changing the table to
>> straight alphabetical ordering? I'm not as much in love with that
>> approach as some folks, but it does have the merit that it's always clear
>> where you ought to put a new item.
>
> Yes, I think that property is important when developing in a loose
> community.
Couldn't we just stick a warning SGML comment at the end of the list? ISTM that's no more likely to be missed/ignored
thannoticing that the list happens to be alphabetical.
Perhaps the best solution is to split the list into different areas; one for database stats, another for table stats,
etc.
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