Re: BUG #16492: DROP VIEW IF EXISTS error

so 13. 6. 2020 v 13:41 odesílatel Nina Marlow <postgresql(dot)2020(at)t-net(dot)ruhr>
napsal:

> > DROP TABLE IF EXISTS and DROP TABLE are consistent now. The message is
> > ""xxx" is not a view", it is not ""xxx" doesn't exist".
>
> Yes, but according to the documentation, there shouldn't be an error at
> all ("Do not throw an error if the *view* does not exist."). It doesn't
> say, "do not throw an error if the *object* does not exist", but "if the
> *view* does not exist". This is very clear to me.
>
> So it's either a documentation error or a code error. It cannot be none.
>

I prefer to fix the documentation. Current behavior looks a little bit
more practical and a little bit more safe, although I can understand very
well the different opinion.