| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Vianello, Daniel A" <Daniel(dot)Vianello(at)charter(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: \i and \ir separated by \if now... |
| Date: | 2018-05-27 03:08:47 |
| Message-ID: | 7974.1527390527@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Vianello, Daniel A" <Daniel(dot)Vianello(at)charter(dot)com> writes:
>> Uh, why would we list \ir before the simpler \i?
> So that the request is to merge \ir into the \i section (not before \i but part of that discusstion) rather than being separated by the comparatively longer section for \if
It was, in fact, like that initially. Peter E. changed it in commit
0d9bdbcaae0, without any discussion that I remember seeing. I've never
been very happy with "alphabetical order trumps all other considerations"
as a documentation rule, and this seems like a good example of why not.
regards, tom lane
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