Re: [doc] minor wording improvement in a couple of places - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From John Naylor
Subject Re: [doc] minor wording improvement in a couple of places
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In response to Re: [doc] minor wording improvement in a couple of places  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 6:30 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 6:34 AM Ian Barwick <ian.barwick@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>    "..., which see for additional details."
>>
>> which strikes me as a bit odd. Suggested phrasing:
>>
>>    "...; see this file for additional details."
>>
>
> I agree this sounds very weird. However, this phrasing is also fairly common in comments around the code.

Seems to be a literal translation of Latin "quod vide" (q.v.), so
intentional, just sounds a bit old fashioned. I'd vote to keep it.

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