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Johnston" Cc: "pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" , Alvaro Herrera , Kirk Parker Message-ID: <601490217.1381469.1668714534805@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: References: <166870559096.639.9180457099983661630@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <20221117174737.w7jhwzarwmudolue@alvherre.pgsql> <1970449059.1357827.1668709232468@mail.yahoo.com> <375196813.1374739.1668711922900@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Merge statement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1381468_871381351.1668714534803" X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.20863 YMailNorrin Content-Length: 6345 List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk ------=_Part_1381468_871381351.1668714534803 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OK, I agree. I'll do my best to adopt the site conventions for every specif= ic type of site within the corresponding pages. Top-posting is not by my choice, it is how the email client works. Since you have good reasons to keep the conventions of yours, then please a= ccept that email clients have the same or very similar good reasons to keep= their conventions too and stop criticize those. Best regards, Cristi Boboc=20 On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 09:21:21 PM GMT+2, David G. Johnston = wrote: =20 =20 On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:06 PM Boboc Cristi wrote: I agree that your statement is true, but it is still not quite self suffici= ent. For the time being I have no idea how to make it easier to be understood. A= s I have said, for me it is a little confusing. I would pay attention to=C2=A0Kirk Parker=C2=A0=C2=A0idea= : when_clause [ when_clause [...]] to indicate repetitions without commas a= nd xyz [, xyz[, ...]] to indicate repetitions that require commas. Please don't top-post.=C2=A0 The convention here is inline and bottom posti= ng. The convention for the documentation is to display repetition the way it is= shown on this page.=C2=A0 Having this page deviate from convention is unde= sirable, as is changing the convention.=C2=A0 100% satisfaction is not a go= al - and as evidenced here the mailing lists are in place to handle rare ca= ses of reader confusion. David J. =20 ------=_Part_1381468_871381351.1668714534803 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
OK, I agree. I'll do my best to adopt the = site conventions for every specific type of site within the corresponding p= ages.

Top-posting is not by my choice, it is how the e= mail client works.

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Since you have good reas= ons to keep the conventions of yours, then please accept that email clients= have the same or very similar good reasons to keep their conventions too a= nd stop criticize those.

Best regards, Cristi Boboc


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On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 09:21:21 PM GMT+2, Da= vid G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:06 PM Boboc C= risti <bobocc@yahoo.com> wrote:
I agree that your statement is true, but it is still not quite sel= f sufficient.

For the time being I have no idea how to make it easier to be understood= . As I have said, for me it is a little confusing.
I would pay attention to Kirk Parker <khp@equatoria.us><= span title=3D"bobocc@yahoo.com"> idea: when_clause [ when_clause [...]= ] to indicate repetitions without commas and xyz [, xyz[, ...]] to indicate= repetitions that require commas.


Please don't top-post.  The convention here i= s inline and bottom posting.

The convention for the docume= ntation is to display repetition the way it is shown on this page.  Ha= ving this page deviate from convention is undesirable, as is changing the c= onvention.  100% satisfaction is not a goal - and as evidenced here th= e mailing lists are in place to handle rare cases of reader confusion.

David J.
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