Re: message style for errcontext

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> We have in 9.0 plperl.c
> errcontext("while executing PostgreSQL::InServer::SPI::bootstrap")));
> errcontext("while parsing Perl initialization")));
> errcontext("while running Perl initialization")));
> errcontext("While executing PLC_TRUSTED.")));
> errcontext("While executing utf8fix.")));
> errcontext("While executing plperl.on_plperl_init.")));
> errcontext("while executing plperl.on_plperlu_init")));

> Could we agree on a capitalization and punctuation scheme?

Instances of errcontext() elsewhere don't use either initcap or
terminating period. I think that's probably good to stick with,
but the message guidelines need to document that these messages
shouldn't follow the "full sentence" style.

regards, tom lane