| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
| Cc: | Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>, jani(dot)rahkola(at)iki(dot)fi, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Documentation of return values of range functions lower and upper |
| Date: | 2023-11-02 22:22:59 |
| Message-ID: | ZUQhQ9pJrY4ennXy@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 03:42:53PM +0100, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-11-02 at 10:14 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Better, though "Is the range's upper bound unbounded?" makes me cringe.
> >
> > Oh, yeah, totally cringe, me too. :-)
> >
> > > It is not the bound that is bounded or not, but the range.
> > >
> > > How about "Is the range unbounded at the upper end?" or "Does the range
> > > have no upper bound?"
> >
> > I used your "end" idea to modify the patch, attached.
>
> There are still some loose ends:
>
> - you lost the specification whether it is the upper or the lower bound
>
> - "Infinity" is a literal
>
> - "-Infinity" is a very unlikely value for an upper bound
>
> How about the attached version?
Agreed, yours is much better.
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