Re: i.e. and e.g.

Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>

From: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2022-07-13T09:13:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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At Wed, 13 Jul 2022 18:09:43 +0900 (JST), Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com> wrote in 
> I happened to see the message below.
> 
> > WARNING:  new data directory should not be inside the old data directory, e.g. %s
> 
> The corresponding code is
> 
> > ... the old data directory, e.g. %s", old_cluster_pgdata);
> 
> So, "e.g." (for example) in the message sounds like "that is", which I
> think is "i.e.".  It should be fixed if this is correct.  I'm not sure
> whether to keep using Latin-origin acronyms like this, but in the
> attached I used "i.e.".

Oops! There's another use of that word in the same context.
Attached contains two fixes.

regards.

-- 
Kyotaro Horiguchi
NTT Open Source Software Center

Commits

  1. Correct some uses of e.g. and i.e. in message strings and documentation