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? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Embrace your flaws. They make you human, rather than perfect, which you will never be.
