On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 10:09:40AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostg...@gmail.com> writes:
>> if (value < 0) "requires a zero or positive integer value"
>> if (value <= 0) "requires a positive integer value"
> 
> I was thinking of avoiding the passive voice and writing
> 
>       "foo must be greater than zero"

Sounds like a good idea to me.

>> I'm not sure whether we should consider changing these messages:
>> remainder for hash partition must be a non-negative integer
>> parallel vacuum degree must be a non-negative integer
>> repeat count size must be a non-negative integer
>> number of workers must be a non-negative integer
>> %s requires a non-negative numeric value
>> distance in phrase operator should be non-negative and less than %d
> 
> I think for consistency it'd be good to change 'em all.  I'm almost
> tempted to put this matter into our message style guide too.

+1.
--
Michael

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