Re: A question about wording in messages

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: A question about wording in messages
Date: 2022-09-14 02:38:46
Message-ID: 2488749.1663123126@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I saw the following message recently modified.
>> This controls the maximum distance we can read ahead in the WAL to prefetch referenced data blocks.
> Maybe the "we" means "PostgreSQL program and you" but I see it
> somewhat out of place.

+1, I saw that today and thought it was outside our usual style.
The whole thing is awfully verbose for a GUC description, too.
Maybe

"Maximum distance to read ahead in WAL to prefetch data blocks."

regards, tom lane

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