Re: Suggestion for deprecated spellings

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 04:07:46PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 12:19:29PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> >> From time to time some spelling for given command gets obsolete, yet it is
> >> shown in the syntax on "equal rights" as other valid clauses.
> 
> > We don't need to show all _supported_ syntaxes in the "Synopsis"
> > section, so we could just remove them.
> 
> IIRC, there is precedent in COPY for moving obsolete alternatives
> to a separate part of the man page.  I'd prefer that to just
> removing them, because then there is no documentation to help
> someone understand what an old SQL script is doing.

Yeah, I remember that with COPY.  t.kitynski@gmail.com, please us that
as a guide.  Thanks.

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