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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Paul A Jungwirth <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: cmax docs seem misleading
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:26:26 -0400
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Paul A Jungwirth <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yeah, this is a mess.  Nobody ever updated this text when we decided we
>> could pack those fields into one.  I think it would be better to do
>> what you suggest:

>>> ... And maybe we should be more drastic: combine cmin &
>>> cmax into one entry, and explain that they are two names for the same
>>> value, which might signify the insert cid, the delete cid, or a
>>> combocid.

> I agree that is plenty of detail for user-facing documentation. I
> think your suggested text is a big improvement.

Done like that, then.

			regards, tom lane





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