On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 5:13 PM Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com> wrote:
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Selects the data format to be read or written: text, csv (Comma Separated Values), or binary. The default is text.
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would be improved if it were spelled more explicitly:
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Selects the data format to be read or written. The allowed values for format_name are text, csv (Comma Separated Values), or binary. The default is text.
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Please consider making this change (and the convention that it implies for comparable cases).
While I agree it isn't something I'm going to lead the charge on. As you are expressing strong feelings maybe you'd like to write up a patch. Fixing only COPY would suffice even though I suspect that there are other areas that need consideration.
