Re: ensure, not insure - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Rowley
Subject Re: ensure, not insure
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Msg-id CAApHDvr0MCvnTCwqh6PNbc2LOppj8s5YnHzMLC97Y8ojKo73sw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to ensure, not insure  (Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 at 19:56, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
> gettext_noop("The server will use the fsync() system call in several
> places to make "
>   "sure that updates are physically written to disk. This insures "
>   "that a database cluster will recover to a consistent state after "
>   "an operating system or hardware crash.")
>
> ~
>
> I believe the word should have been "ensures"; not "insures".

I agree. It's surprisingly ancient, having arrived in b700a672f (June 2003).

> In passing I found/fixed a bunch of similar misuses in comments.

Those all look fine to me too.

David



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