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Re: psql: Add \dL to show languages

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Fernando Ike <fike@midstorm.org>
Date: 2011-01-17T01:52:43Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>> I do not like the use of parentheses in the usage description "list
>> (procedural) languages". Why not have it simply as "list procedural
>> languages"?
>
> Because it lists non-procedural langauges as well? (I didn't check it,
> that's just a guess)

There are many places in our code and documentation where "procedural
language" or "language" are treated as synonyms.  There's no semantic
difference; procedural is simply a noise word.

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Robert Haas
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