| From: | John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [doc] minor wording improvement in a couple of places |
| Date: | 2020-09-07 15:16:28 |
| Message-ID: | CACPNZCvwsUq-dtXADYLsHbBxm60LYFN9YMmwREMGekUihadFpw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 6:30 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 6:34 AM Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> "..., which see for additional details."
>>
>> which strikes me as a bit odd. Suggested phrasing:
>>
>> "...; see this file for additional details."
>>
>
> I agree this sounds very weird. However, this phrasing is also fairly common in comments around the code.
Seems to be a literal translation of Latin "quod vide" (q.v.), so
intentional, just sounds a bit old fashioned. I'd vote to keep it.
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John Naylor https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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