On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:47:46AM +0100, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 23:06, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > > > > > + some outside mechanism. In such environments, using > > > > > > <command>ALTER > > > > > > + SYSTEM</command> to make configuration changes might > > > > > > appear to work, > > > > > > + but then may be discarded at some point in the future when > > > > > > that outside > > > > > > > > > > "might" > > > > > > > > This does not seem like a mistake to me. I'm not sure why you think it > > > > is. > > > > > > I also think the original sentence was correct, but I don't think it > > > read very naturally. Changed it now in hopes to improve that. > > > > So, might means "possibility" while "may" means permission, so "might" > > is clearer here. > > Aaah, I misunderstood your original feedback then. I thought you > didn't like the use of "might" in "might appear to work". But I now > realize you meant "may be discarded" should be changed to "might be > discarded". I addressed that in my latest version of the patch.
Thanks. I did the may/might/can changes in the docs years ago so I remember the distinction. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.
