Обсуждение: pgsql: doc: use simpler language for NULL return from ANY/ALL
doc: use simpler language for NULL return from ANY/ALL Previously the combination of "does not return" and "any row" caused ambiguity. Reported-by: KES <kes-kes@yandex.ru> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/153701242703.22334.1476830122267077397@wrigleys.postgresql.org Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston Backpatch-through: 9.3 Branch ------ master Details ------- https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/8610c973ddf1cbf0befc1369d2cf0d56c0efcd0a Modified Files -------------- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> doc: use simpler language for NULL return from ANY/ALL
> Previously the combination of "does not return" and "any row" caused
> ambiguity.
IMO this is not an improvement. It's turned something that read
reasonably well into something that sounds like it was written by
a not very good speaker of English. In particular, the lack of
grammatical matching between the two parts of the sentence is now
quite confusing:
The result is NULL if no comparison with a subquery row returns true,
and it returns NULL for at least one row.
The antecedent of "it" was clear before, and is not now, at least to me.
Maybe you could replace that clause with "..., and at least one comparison
returns NULL."
regards, tom lane
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 10:20:21AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes: > > doc: use simpler language for NULL return from ANY/ALL > > Previously the combination of "does not return" and "any row" caused > > ambiguity. > > IMO this is not an improvement. It's turned something that read > reasonably well into something that sounds like it was written by > a not very good speaker of English. In particular, the lack of > grammatical matching between the two parts of the sentence is now > quite confusing: > > The result is NULL if no comparison with a subquery row returns true, > and it returns NULL for at least one row. > > The antecedent of "it" was clear before, and is not now, at least to me. > > Maybe you could replace that clause with "..., and at least one comparison > returns NULL." Agreed, done. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +