Re: Two fixes for plpgsql.sgml

Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> Neil Conway a ?crit :
> > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 08:17 +0100, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> >> This patch fixes two issues on plpgsql.sgml.
> >
> > The first hunk seems like a regression to me: AFAICS the current
> > phrasing is what is intended.
> >
> > *** 133,139 ****
> >
> > <para>
> > <application>PL/pgSQL</> functions can also be declared to return
> > ! a <quote>set</>, or table, of any data type they can return a
> > single
> > instance of. Such a function generates its output by executing
> > <command>RETURN NEXT</> for each desired element of the result
> > set, or by using <command>RETURN QUERY</> to output the result of
> > --- 133,139 ----
> >
> > <para>
> > <application>PL/pgSQL</> functions can also be declared to return
> > ! a <quote>set</>, or table, or any data type they can return a
> > single
> > instance of. Such a function generates its output by executing
> > <command>RETURN NEXT</> for each desired element of the result
> > set, or by using <command>RETURN QUERY</> to output the result of
> >
>
> That's why I said that it needs to be reviewed carefully :) It just
> means I didn't understand the sentence. Can you explain why the last
> part is needed ? (the part that starts with "of any data type...")

Agreed. I couldn't find any value to that phrase and couldn't find better
wording, so I removed it. Patch attached and applied.

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