Tom Lane wrote: > 3606c3606 > < errmsg("aggregate function calls cannot be nested"))); > --- > > errmsg("aggregate function calls may not be nested"))); > > I don't think that this is an improvement, or even correct English. > > You have changed a message that states that an action is logically > impossible into one that implies we are arbitrarily refusing to let > the user do something that *could* be done, if only we'd let him. > > There is relevant material in the message style guidelines, section > 45.3.8: it says that "cannot open file "%s" ... indicates that the > functionality of opening the named file does not exist at all in the > program, or that it's conceptually impossible."
Uh, I think you might be reading the diff backwards. The current CVS wording is "cannot". -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend