Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote: > > > > In fact I wrote it because I do want it for ReST. When I first > > > proposed it that was my sell. I received pushback because it was for > > > too specific a purpose so I stepped back and showed that it was simply > > > a logical extension that happened to work as ReST input. Now it seems > > > that unless it is 100% ReST and documented as such it will be rejected. > > > > > > I'm feeling the ground shift under me. > > > > Can you find an email that shows this; I don't remember a shift. > > I'm surprised that you find this surprising. It happens all the time. > People change their mind, or they forget the decision they took last > time and take the opposite one later. Tom said that he didn't see a > value in rst: > http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/27079.1219365411%40sss.pgh.pa.us > Andrew supported this view. However, their arguments were debunked.
Right, so Tom says it isn't 100% ReST: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-08/msg01310.php and that is what I remember. I see no one liking the format for esthetic sake, but only for ReST. Here is where escaping backslashes was discussed: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-08/msg01323.php Here is where someone says having it be 100% compliant is a waste of time (which is almost sure to doom their argument): ;-) http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-08/msg01311.php -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers