Re: Patch to document base64 encoding

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: "Karl O(dot) Pinc" <kop(at)karlpinc(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: Patch to document base64 encoding
Date: 2019-07-14 09:07:17
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.21.1907141101010.22273@lancre
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Hello Karl,

>> It really works in research papers: "Theorem X can be proven by
>> applying Proposition Y. See Figure 2 for details. Algorithm Z
>> describes whatever, which is listed in Table W..."
>
> I've not thought about it before but I suppose the difference is between
> declarative and descriptive, the latter being more inviting and better
> allows for flow between sentences. Otherwise you're writing in bullet
> points. So it is a question of balance between specification and
> narration. In regular prose you're always going to see the "the" unless
> the sentence starts with the name. The trouble is that we can't start
> sentences with function names because of capitalization confusion.

Sure. For me "Function" would work as a title on its name, as in "Sir
Samuel", "Doctor Frankenstein", "Mister Bean", "Professor Layton"...
"Function sqrt" and solves the casing issue on the function name which is
better not capitalized.

--
Fabien.

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