On Oct 26, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I read this as equivalent to "can be not released." Which of course is silly, so as I read it I realize what it
means,but it trips up my overly logical brain. It interrupts the flow. There is no such confusion in "cannot be
released"and thus no tripping up on meaning.
>
> This particular change seems like an improvement to me, but it's hardly
> an adequate argument for a global search-and-replace. There might be
> other places where such a change renders things *less* readable.
The patch is actually quite modest; there are only a few instances of "can not". Attached.
Best,
David