| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Fernando Ike <fike(at)midstorm(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql: Add \dL to show languages |
| Date: | 2011-01-17 01:52:43 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTi=s+aZQE=fEQcr6OFy3TYHL3CVAtQWNJOcKrSBt@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> I do not like the use of parentheses in the usage description "list
>> (procedural) languages". Why not have it simply as "list procedural
>> languages"?
>
> Because it lists non-procedural langauges as well? (I didn't check it,
> that's just a guess)
There are many places in our code and documentation where "procedural
language" or "language" are treated as synonyms. There's no semantic
difference; procedural is simply a noise word.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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