Re: message string fixes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgtranslation-translators(at)pgfoundry(dot)org
Subject: Re: message string fixes
Date: 2008-01-20 18:22:48
Message-ID: 10333.1200853368@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> writes:
>> web I don't find any other reference to "regises" (regisen? reges?), so
>> I think we should avoid using the term. How about just changing the
>> messages to just say "regular expression" instead?

> It's just a combination of "regular expression for ispell".

Maybe the right phrase to use is "ispell regular expression". In any
case we need to document what the limitations are compared to "regular"
regular expressions (ahem). Do you know offhand what the rules are?

regards, tom lane

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