Re: Conventions

"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> There is an implied "anything else not noted here should be taken as
> literal token to type, or a variable, as context dictates" [1] - and since
> () isn't mentioned...
> I'd probably rather make that implied part explicit and avoid mentioning
> parentheses explicitly.

+1. I mean, if we have to say this for parentheses, what about
commas, dashes, etc?

> I would suggest moving the Tcl parenthetical to its own sentence. The
> percentage of readers who will notice or care about Tcl synopses is
> probably close to zero, and they are likely to be familiar enough to not
> need our preface to enlighten them.

Maybe time to drop the Tcl reference altogether? I like that language,
but I fear it's next door to dead, so it certainly doesn't need to be
mentioned outside the pltcl docs.

regards, tom lane