Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lo4p8-0001TX-9s for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:52:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lo4p6-00083T-6L for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:52:48 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lo4p5-00083J-UU for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:52:47 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lo4p3-0006e4-3j for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:52:46 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 151Dqg5s2762112; Tue, 1 Jun 2021 09:52:43 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Peter Eisentraut cc: pgsql-docs Subject: Re: Simplify COMMENT and SECURITY LABEL documentation In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut message dated "Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:58:26 +0200" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2762110.1622555562.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:52:42 -0400 Message-ID: <2762111.1622555562@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Peter Eisentraut writes: > ... I wonder if it would be more practical to just write: > The name of the object to be commented. Names of objects that live > in schemas (tables, functions, etc.) can be schema-qualified. +1 for the concept, but I feel that "live in" is a bit too informal for this context. I'm too caffeine-deprived to instantly come up with le mot juste; but perhaps "exist within" would be an improvement? regards, tom lane