On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 02:21:31PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes:
> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 11:04:50AM -0700, Jacob Champion wrote:
> >> Maybe plus-minus (±), to represent the diff?
> 
> > Uh, that might make sense to people who vie diffs often, but not the
> > average reader of the document.
> 
> Well, the § symbol hasn't got that much mnemonic value either.
> 
> However ... wasn't one of the arguments for § that there's some
> other project(s) already using it for this purpose?  If so, I think
> we'd be better off joining the crowd.

I don't remember anyone else using it, but its purpose to point to a
place with more detail makes logical sense.

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