From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 11:04:50AM -0700, Jacob Champion wrote:
>> Maybe plus-minus (±), to represent the diff?

> Uh, that might make sense to people who vie diffs often, but not the
> average reader of the document.

Well, the § symbol hasn't got that much mnemonic value either.

However ... wasn't one of the arguments for § that there's some
other project(s) already using it for this purpose?  If so, I think
we'd be better off joining the crowd.

			regards, tom lane