Re: [PATCH] Fix search_path default value separator.

On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:40:59PM +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
> >> Heh. I'm not particularly averse to changing this, but I guess I
> >> don't see any particular benefit of changing it either. Either comma
> >> or comma-space is a legal separator, so why worry about it?
>
> This change might cause me to update the existing documents (which
> I need to maintain in my company) including the output example of
> default search_path. If the change is for the improvement, I'd be
> happy to do that, but it seems not.
>
> Also there might be some PostgreSQL extensions which their regression test
> shows the default search_path. This patch would make their developers
> spend the time to update the test. I'm sure that they are fine with that if
> it's for an improvement. But not.

Well, rename GUC often too for clearity, so I don't see adjusting
white-space as something to avoid either. It is always about short-term
adjustments vs. long-term clarity.

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