Re: Notices for redundant operations

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Notices for redundant operations
Date: 2003-09-07 20:20:40
Message-ID: 20030907202040.GA2751@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 06:36:47PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Robert Treat writes:
>
> > Hmm... the counter state seems to be that now these commands would tell you
> > they are doing something even though they are arn't really doing anything:
>
> Commands are defined in terms of their results, not in terms of their
> actions, and certainly not in terms of the amount of grinding that is
> caused by them.

This argument makes sense. At least it convinced me.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"La fuerza no está en los medios físicos
sino que reside en una voluntad indomable" (Gandhi)

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