| From: | "Nicolas Barbier" <nicolas(dot)barbier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Neil Conway" <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL Patches" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Documentation patch: change a name in a grammar rule to prevent confusion |
| Date: | 2006-04-15 14:33:52 |
| Message-ID: | b0f3f5a10604150733j23efdbe4g67518a1415422276@mail.gmail.com |
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2006/4/15, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>:
> On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 01:59 +0200, Nicolas Barbier wrote:
>
>> the following patch changes "parameter" to "gucname" in the grammar
>> (and later references) for the SET syntax in ALTER ROLE and ALTER
>> USER.
>
> Wouldn't "var_name", "varname", or something similar be more clear?
> "GUC" is probably not an acronym we should be exposing prominently to
> the user.
Indeed, that is what people on IRC also told me (after I sent it :-)).
It now uses "varname". Updated patch attached.
Nicolas
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| pgsql_doc_alter_role_clarification_2.patch | text/x-patch | 2.5 KB |
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