Re: Suggestion for deprecated spellings

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 09:52:15PM +0100, Tomisław Kityński wrote:
> W dniu 30.01.2023 o 21:39, Bruce Momjian pisze:
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 12:19:29PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
>
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/sql-createrole.html
> Description:
>
> >From time to time some spelling for given command gets obsolete, yet it is
> shown in the syntax on "equal rights" as other valid clauses. For instance
> see `CREATE ROLE` with deprecated spellings like `IN GROUP` or `USER`. I
> guess it would be useful to see those spellings visually marked as
> deprecated in Synopsis section (with e.g. strike-through or whatever suits
> better). Otherwise, when consulting documentation, it often requires jumping
> from the synopsis to detailed description and back to check if given
> spelling is still applicable. Just a thought. :-)
>
> We don't need to show all _supported_ syntaxes in the "Synopsis"
> section, so we could just remove them.
>
>
> I like this idea even more! :-) Much cleaner approach . And then those obsolete
> aliases could be simply mentioned in the text for backward compatibility. Big
> yes! :-)

Right. What examples of these do we have in our docs? Just these?

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