On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 5:43 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:49 PM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> - errdetail("Could not rename \"%s\" to \"%s\": %m.",
>>>> + errdetail("\"%s\" could not be renamed to \"%s\": %m.",
>>>>
>>>> Is there any reason to change this message?
>>>> I think you have changed this message to make it somewhat similar with
>>>> the new message we are planning to use in this function, but I don't see
>>>> that as compelling reason to change this message.
>>
>>> The old message better follows the guidelines. See section 51.3.7:
>>> Avoid Passive Voice. The old message is what's called
>>> "telegram-style", with PostgreSQL itself as the implicit subject. The
>>> proposed replacement is just the regular old passive voice.
>>
>> Neither version is following the guidelines very well, in particular they
>> should be mentioning what kind of object %s is (file? table? tablespace?).
>> But to me the "could not be renamed" version seems to be closer to the
>> spirit of the "use complete sentences" rule for errdetail. The other one
>> seems better fit for a primary error message, which is supposed to be
>> kept short.
>
> Hmm, I did miss the fact that this was an errdetail(). I agree that
> the object type should be mentioned either way.
So I added the object type, i.e., file in this case, to the errdetail
messages. Attached is the updated version of the patch.
I also changed other log messages related to tablespace_map
so that they follow the style guide.
Regards,
--
Fujii Masao
