| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, "He Weiping (Laser Henry)" <laser(at)zhengmai(dot)com(dot)cn>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: typo found. |
| Date: | 2000-12-11 18:26:40 |
| Message-ID: | 200012111826.NAA13979@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Changed to Negator.
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > The way it is now (before your patch/after backout) is correct.
>
> Agreed. The entry in question is for oprrsortop, which certainly
> applies to the right-hand type not the left-hand.
>
> I do have a gripe with the entry just above that for "oprnegate":
> it defines the oprnegate field as linking to the "inverse" operator.
> This is not correct for the generally understood meaning of inverse.
> I'd say just write "Negator of this operator, if any". If anyone isn't
> sure about that, they can read about it in xoper.html ... but "inverse"
> is likely to leave people believing the wrong thing.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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