Re: "Cannot" vs "could not"

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:07:35PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > We use "cannot" and "could not" quite often in source code and error
> > messages:
>
> Yup.
>
> > Is there any sense that we should have more consistency in our message
> > wording?
>
> There is specific guidance about it in our error message style guide:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/error-style-guide.html
>
> (see under "Present vs. Past Tense"). I believe we largely conform
> to that guideline, though of course exceptions sneak in from time
> to time.

Oh, good. I remember we discussed this in the past, but didn't realize
we had written it down. Thanks.

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