Re: Simplify COMMENT and SECURITY LABEL documentation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Simplify COMMENT and SECURITY LABEL documentation
Date: 2021-06-01 16:25:49
Message-ID: 2840393.1622564749@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> On 2021-Jun-01, Tom Lane wrote:
>> +1 for the concept, but I feel that "live in" is a bit too informal
>> for this context. I'm too caffeine-deprived to instantly come up
>> with le mot juste; but perhaps "exist within" would be an improvement?

> The glossary uses "reside in".
> ...
> I suppose that we should either use the same term that the glossary
> uses, or alternatively fix the glossary to use whatever term we decide
> to use here.

Yeah, having a standard phrasing would be good.

> I do notice now that I used the term "belong to" elsewhere in the
> glossary. That could use some cleanup.

Hmm, I like "belong to" better than these others. Maybe we should
standardize on that?

regards, tom lane

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