Re: createuser --memeber and PG 16

On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 01:33:26PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> In writing the PG 16 release notes, I came upon an oddity in our new
> createuser syntax, specifically --role and --member. It turns out that
> --role matches CREATE ROLE ... ROLE IN (and has prior to PG 16) while
> the new --member option matches CREATE ROLE ... ROLE. The PG 16 feature
> discussion thread is here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/69a9851035cf0f0477bcc5d742b031a3%40oss.nttdata.com
>
> This seems like it will be forever confusing to people. I frankly don't
> know why --role matching CREATE ROLE ... ROLE IN was not already
> confusing in pre-PG 16. Any new ideas for improvement?
>
> At a minium I would like to apply the attached doc patch to PG 16 to
> improve awkward wording in CREATE ROLE and createuser.

Patch applied.

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