| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Document the all-balls IPv6 address. |
| Date: | 2011-03-19 03:00:19 |
| Message-ID: | 29251.1300503619@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>> On 03/18/2011 09:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>> "all balls" seems like a colloquialism best avoided in our documentation.
>> It's already there, although I agree it's infelicitous.
> I vote for taking it out. I think that could be interpreted as inappropriate.
IIRC, the pre-existing usage refers to time 00:00:00. It does not seem
especially useful to adopt the same terminology for network addresses;
that's more likely to confuse people than anything else.
regards, tom lane
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