Re: Minor comment improvements in tablecmds.c

Etsuro Fujita wrote:
> This is a small patch to improve comments in tablecmds.c.  Please find
> attached a patch.

I find both patched and unpatched to be pretty illegible.  How about
something like

>  /*
> - * Execute ALTER TABLE/INDEX/SEQUENCE/VIEW/FOREIGN TABLE RENAME
> + * Execute ALTER <relation type> RENAME
> + *         This routine supports tables, indexes, sequences, views,
> + *        and foreign tables
>   */

and the two other ones with something like this:

>      /*
> -     * Grab an exclusive lock on the target table, index, sequence or view,
> -     * which we will NOT release until end of transaction.
> +     * Grab an exclusive lock on the target relation,
> +      * which we will NOT release until
> +     * end of transaction.

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