I believe the dictionary meaning of 'object' in this context would be 'a
cause for concern or attention'. Each of Peters uses of the word is
highly appropriate, as he was concerned and I'd agree with the
sentiments that those concepts needed attention.
Anyway, object with stars and strongly object are definitely leaning
towards abuse of the word.
On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 13:35, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> This email brings up another issue I have seen recently. The use of the
> word "object", "strongly object", or "*object*" with stars is a very
> > > I had to add to initdb to create a file /data/PG_INSTALLER and have the
> > > postmaster read that on startup to determine the installing user.
> >
> > I object to treating one user specially. There should be a general
> > mechanism, such as a separate column in pg_shadow.
> >
> > I also object to fixing the name during initdb. We just got rid of that
> > requirement.
> >
> > If it mattered, I would also object to the choice of the file name.