Re: GUCs to control abbreviated sort keys

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 05:16:01PM -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:

> +     <varlistentry id="guc-sort-abbreviated-keys" xreflabel="sort_abbreviated_keys">
> +      <term><varname>sort_abbreviated_keys</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
> +      <indexterm>
> +       <primary><varname>sort_abbreviated_keys</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
> +      </indexterm>
> +      </term>
> +      <listitem>
> +       <para>
> +        Enables or disables the use of abbreviated sort keys, an optimization,
> +        if applicable. The default is <literal>true</literal>. Disabling may

I think "an optimization, if applicable" is either too terse, or somehow
wrong.  Maybe:

| Enables or disables the use of abbreviated keys, a sort optimization...

> +        optimization could return wrong results. Set to
> +        <literal>true</literal> if certain that <function>strxfrm()</function>
> +        can be trusted.

"if you are certain"; or "if it is ..."

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Justin