| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Vik Fearing <vik(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr> |
| Cc: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Long options for pg_ctl waiting |
| Date: | 2016-09-07 23:56:31 |
| Message-ID: | 10458.1473292591@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Vik Fearing <vik(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr> writes:
> On 09/08/2016 01:05 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'm pretty much -1 on printing a warning. There's no ambiguity, and no
>> real reason for us ever to remove the old spellings. Standardizing on
>> "no-" going forward makes sense, but let's not slap people's wrists for
>> existing usage. (Or: if it ain't broke, don't break it.)
> One could also argue that 2 out of 53 "no" options omitting the dash is
> in fact broken, and a real reason to remove them.
I do not buy that. As a counter argument, consider that removing them
would make it impossible to write a script that works with both old
and new versions of PG. That's a mighty high price to pay for what
is little more than pedantry.
regards, tom lane
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