Re: Adding xreflable

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Adding xreflable
Date: 2020-06-03 22:38:14
Message-ID: 20200603223814.GA7455@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2020-Jun-02, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I can adjust things, but what logic are we following? Before my patch,
> sepgsql had an xreflabel, and vacuumlo did not. I would like to have a
> documented policy of where we should have xreflabels, and where not, and
> I can then adjust things to match. I don't mind using <link> but it is
> confusing to be able to reference xreflabels in some places and be
> required to use link in others.

I think a possible rationale would be to *not* include xreflabel for
elements that get numbered (so references become, e.g., "see Section 32.5"),
and include them for those that don't -- so that they can be referenced
at all.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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