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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:51:14 -0500
From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
 Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide support for trailing commas
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Hi,=20

On January 7, 2026 11:44:29 PM EST, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian=2Eus> wro=
te:
>On Tue, Jan  6, 2026 at 03:35:38PM -0500, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>> tl;dr Provide support for trailing commas, where possible and practical=
=2E
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>> (Disclaimer: No LLM or AI was used to craft this patch or this email)
>>=20
>> Happy New Year! Please find attached a patch to provide comprehensive t=
railing
>> comma support, where we allow (when possible) a comma that does NOT com=
e before
>> the next item in a list=2E To wit:
>
>I am unclear why you bothered to create and work on such a large email
>and patch rather than ask if this was a desired change;  see:
>
>	https://wiki=2Epostgresql=2Eorg/wiki/Todo#Development_Process

Meh=2E This kind of change really needs information about the implementati=
on cost to be judged=2E The process described there rarely is a good idea f=
or anybody that has some community experience=2E

Greetings,=20

Andres
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E