Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes: > We use "cannot" and "could not" quite often in source code and error > messages:
Yup. > Is there any sense that we should have more consistency in our message > wording? There is specific guidance about it in our error message style guide: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/error-style-guide.html (see under "Present vs. Past Tense"). I believe we largely conform to that guideline, though of course exceptions sneak in from time to time. regards, tom lane
