From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Poll: are people okay with function/operator table redesign?
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:13:23 -0400
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As discussed in the thread at [1], I've been working on redesigning
the tables we use to present SQL functions and operators.  The
first installment of that is now up; see tables 9.30 and 9.31 at

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/functions-datetime.html

and table 9.33 at

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/functions-enum.html

Before I spend more time on this, I want to make sure that people
are happy with this line of attack.  Comparing these tables to
the way they look in v12, they clearly take more vertical space;
but at least to my eye they're less cluttered and more readable.
They definitely scale a lot better for cases where a long function
description is needed, or where we'd like to have more than one
example.  Does anyone prefer the old way, or have a better idea?

I know that the table headings are a bit weirdly laid out; hopefully
that can be resolved [2].

			regards, tom lane

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/9326.1581457869%40sss.pgh.pa.us
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/6169.1586794603%40sss.pgh.pa.us