| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [DOCS] Use of 'now' |
| Date: | 2001-11-15 16:39:16 |
| Message-ID: | 200111151639.fAFGdGb03603@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > I don't think this is a good idea. If someone really relied on 'current'
> > for his application, substituting 'now' for it is not going to make things
> > better. If it's done silently it will definitely make things worse.
>
> I hadn't thought about it, but I believe Peter is right. Rejecting
> 'current' is better than silently translating it to 'now'. We have
> removed this feature and we shouldn't try to paper over the fact.
My only question is how many people were using current thinking it
functioned as 'now'? Was current ever a desired feature?
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