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Subject: Re: Version 14/15 documentation Section "Alter Default Privileges"
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net>, David Burns <david.burns@fedex.com>,
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Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 09:44:14 +0100
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On Sat, 2023-11-04 at 21:14 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > It is not the role that is modified.=C2=A0 Perhaps:
> >=20
> > =C2=A0=C2=A0 [...]; if omitted, the current role is used.
>=20
> Sure, attached.=C2=A0 Here is the issue I have though, we are really not
> changing default privileges for objects created in the future, we are
> changing the role _now_ so future objects will have different default
> privileges, right?=C2=A0 I think wording like the above is kind of odd.

I see what you mean.  The alternative is to be precise, at the risk of
repeating ourselves:

  if omitted, default privileges will be changed for objects created by
  the current role.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe