Re: How to reference the type of lock in the documentation.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 08:45:11PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/explicit-locking.html
> Description:
>
> On page https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/explicit-locking.html, I'd like
> to suggest a search-engine-optimization improvement. Generally, but
> especially on this page, it'd be nice to have the lock name along with the
> user-friendly name. For example, with the first use of "SHARE UPDATE
> EXCLUSIVE", I'd like to see the lock name with it, for example, "SHARE
> UPDATE EXCLUSIVE (ShareUpdateExclusiveLock)".

I see your point --- that the names that appear in the pg_locks view
don't appear in our documentation. The attached patches adds the
pg_locks names after each lock name. You can see the doc output here:

https://momjian.us/tmp/pgsql/explicit-locking.html

If people like this, I can apply it to all supported branches.

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