Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vdhsv-003ibS-0u for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:44:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vdhsu-0001HP-05 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:44:32 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vdhst-0001HG-27 for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:44:32 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vdhss-004pVF-3A for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:44:31 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=momjian.us; s=2026010100; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID: Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description; bh=DA6lB1BytO6qOXsPCEnc+bOuTfohYlAUqgldugMtbec=; b=yKd8+ xudw35A8X/VkA36yR6r2KcZ5vSKxuFnAHPTFOlVWazjFQoUXpoaqrMgneHhjn/oN+Wzqydt0b5smb HBySG8XGE+Hj6RL+xySUDioLNloOssh1H42VuqV4kaYGt+fpRi0nw+9t8bziLME5OEXs4W+UAyuat n/0+Zsc9TOMVhB13jyWmLhNpblqtaAp93K14v9+nqHXWVyxCxNd7fLjGHLRbdq4VLo9iDn/M/vs5J QTO8/U+S4dZe6ol2cYLEkhaRDC69JSucG3KeKR/S956Pcr7QHJjsjYHgYgCJEoVNlarSO1qFGWIQ+ bWM36021EN1OiKII/G6cH8nkVAFIA==; Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vdhsr-0000000DTQ6-3CLw; Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:44:29 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 23:44:29 -0500 From: Bruce Momjian To: Greg Sabino Mullane Cc: "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide support for trailing commas Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk 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. > > (Disclaimer: No LLM or AI was used to craft this patch or this email) > > Happy New Year! Please find attached a patch to provide comprehensive trailing > comma support, where we allow (when possible) a comma that does NOT come before > the next item in a list. 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.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#Development_Process -- Bruce Momjian https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.