Thread: src/backend/optimizer/util/plancat.c -> Is this correct English

Hi,

just came across this:

src/backend/optimizer/util/plancat.c -> Is this correct English?
-> We need not lock the relation since it was already locked ...

I am not a native speaker, but this sounds strange.

Regards
Daniel?

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 04:52:47PM +0000, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
> just came across this:
> 
> src/backend/optimizer/util/plancat.c -> Is this correct English?
> -> We need not lock the relation since it was already locked ... 
> 
> I am not a native speaker, but this sounds strange.

I think it's fine.  It could also be phrased like this:

    We do not need to lock the relation since...

-- 
nathan

"Daniel Westermann (DWE)" <daniel.westermann@dbi-services.com> writes:
> That's what I would have expected. But, as said, maybe this only sounds strange to me.

"Need not" is perfectly good English, although perhaps it has a
faintly archaic whiff to it.

            regards, tom lane