Re: [PATCH] Change "the empty string" to "an empty string" on DOCs

On 1/6/26 7:53 PM, Marcos Pegoraro wrote:
> There are 64 times of "an empty string" and 13 times "the empty string"
> written on DOCs, and how they are used to do the same meaning, we could
> standardize them.
I am not a native speaker but to me "the empty string" sounds better in
most cases you changed it. I have no idea why but for default values I
personally prefer "the empty string" while for return values I prefer
"an empty string". Human languages are weird. E.g:

"Note that PQgetvalue() will return an empty string, not a null pointer,
for a null field."

vs

"If this variable is set to the empty string (which is the default) then
the value is inherited from the execution environment of the server in a
system-dependent way."

Maybe a native speaker can chime in with an opinion but I do not think
these are worth changing.

Andreas