Re: Expressional Indexes

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
>
> > Mainly that "expressional" is a made-up word.
>
> So? We're in the tech biz, Tom. New-coined words are expected. And that
> way nobody will expect it to mean something else, since we made it up.
> -- H. Dumpty, Q.E.D.
>
> > I have been considering using "calculated index" or "computed index"
> > but dunno if that really conveys anything.
>
> Well, "Expression Indexes" is the most accurate. Or "Expression-Based
> Indexes."

Computed index sound too much like there is computation done during the
index lookup, which there isn't, and it sounds like it would behave
differently from a normal index, which it doesn't.

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