Re: pgsql: Avoid using ambiguous word "positive" in error message.

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От Tom Lane
Тема Re: pgsql: Avoid using ambiguous word "positive" in error message.
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Ответ на Re: pgsql: Avoid using ambiguous word "positive" in error message.  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Ответы Re: pgsql: Avoid using ambiguous word "positive" in error message.  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> The new style seems good, but I don't really agree that "positive" and
> "non-negative" are ambiguous. "positive" means >0 and "non-negative"
> means >= 0, because 0 is neither positive nor negative.

Well, the point is precisely that not everyone makes that distinction.
I agree that everyone will read "non-negative" as ">= 0"; but there's
a fair percentage of the population that uses "positive" the same way.

            regards, tom lane

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