Thread: Re: [DOCS] Use of 'now'

> > I don't think this is a good idea.  If someone really relied on 'current'
> > for his application, substituting 'now' for it is not going to make things
> > better.  If it's done silently it will definitely make things worse.
> 
> I hadn't thought about it, but I believe Peter is right.  Rejecting
> 'current' is better than silently translating it to 'now'.  We have
> removed this feature and we shouldn't try to paper over the fact.

My only question is how many people were using current thinking it
functioned as 'now'?  Was current ever a desired feature?

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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>>>I don't think this is a good idea.  If someone really relied on 'current'
>>>for his application, substituting 'now' for it is not going to make things
>>>better.  If it's done silently it will definitely make things worse.
>>>
>>I hadn't thought about it, but I believe Peter is right.  Rejecting
>>'current' is better than silently translating it to 'now'.  We have
>>removed this feature and we shouldn't try to paper over the fact.
>>
>
>My only question is how many people were using current thinking it
>functioned as 'now'?  Was current ever a desired feature?
>
The only times I have used current were by mistake when PG interpreted 
something
starting with current as current. I suspect that everybody who has been 
using current
thinking it functions as 'now' has either found out it does not or does 
not really care ;)
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Hannu