Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> If the reason that somebody is upset is because it's not technically
> true to say that you *must* do one of those things, we could fix that
> with "You must" -> "You can" or with "You must specify" -> "Specify".
> The patch you propose is also not terrible or anything, but it goes in
> the direction of listing every alternative, which will become
> unpalatable as soon as somebody adds one more way to do it, or maybe
> it's unpalatable already.

I agree that it's not necessary or particularly useful for this hint
to be exhaustive.  I could get behind your suggestion of
s/You must specify/Specify/, but I also think it's fine to do nothing.

                        regards, tom lane


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