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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-02-01 19:10:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-02-01 19:10:30 +0000 |
| commit | 8b4ff8b6a14096a28910fbff3d485f30dcb9a637 (patch) | |
| tree | c250f17f4a8e3bfee442970a0666431ed8310650 /src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | |
| parent | baaec74c5a953032049015883802660edd821cac (diff) | |
Wording cleanup for error messages. Also change can't -> cannot.
Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:
may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."
can - ability, "I can lift that log."
might - possibility, "It might rain today."
Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice. Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c index dad28983336..1c8a4893d95 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>. * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.371 2007/01/25 11:53:51 petere Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.372 2007/02/01 19:10:28 momjian Exp $ * *-------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] = { {"work_mem", PGC_USERSET, RESOURCES_MEM, gettext_noop("Sets the maximum memory to be used for query workspaces."), - gettext_noop("This much memory may be used by each internal " + gettext_noop("This much memory can be used by each internal " "sort operation and hash table before switching to " "temporary disk files."), GUC_UNIT_KB @@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ static struct config_string ConfigureNamesString[] = { {"log_directory", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHERE, gettext_noop("Sets the destination directory for log files."), - gettext_noop("May be specified as relative to the data directory " + gettext_noop("Can be specified as relative to the data directory " "or as absolute path."), GUC_SUPERUSER_ONLY }, |