Re: small patch

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: rir <rirans(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: small patch
Date: 2021-10-08 12:47:43
Message-ID: 57c6acf0d2936597184f6bc06f434c66eab07f49.camel@cybertec.at
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On Thu, 2021-10-07 at 16:06 -0400, rir wrote:
> > > > - we should retain "empty or one of", otherwise the following syntax
> > > > would be undocumented:
>
> For myself,
> 'FETCH [ <direction> [ FROM | IN ] ] <cursor_name>'
> clearly indicates that 'direction' is optional.

Yes, but since [ FROM | IN ] is inside the bracket, that
diagram would not account for "direction" being omitted
while retaining FROM.

So I suggest that you change the syntax diagram to

FETCH [ direction ] [ FROM | IN ] cursor_name

Then I agree that the "empty or" can be removed.
I think that would be a good idea, and it would add
clarity.

I remain of the opinion that the comments should be
retained, but we can leave that for somebody else to
decide.

Do you want to prepare a new patch and register it in
the commitfest?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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