| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog |
| Date: | 2016-10-21 19:29:01 |
| Message-ID: | 20161021192901.jeaexfnpdafay37f@alvherre.pgsql |
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David Steele wrote:
> On 10/21/16 3:12 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> > I have no problem continuing keeping with historical precedent and
> > allowing mnemonic abbreviations in our directory and file names at this
> > point.
>
> I'm still in favor of pg_xact. A search of the 9.6 docs brings up a number
> of hits for "xact": pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp(),
> pg_advisory_xact_lock(), pg_advisory_xact_lock_shared(),
> pg_last_committed_xact(), pg_prepared_xacts(), etc. There are also numerous
> column names that have "xact" in them.
I'm +1 on pg_clog -> pg_xact.
Also +1 to renaming pg_subtrans to pg_subxact.
In general, +1 to short mnemonic meaningful names. -1 to overly long
names, -1 to meaningless names.
Regarding pg_receivexlog I think I'd propose pg_recvwal rather than
pg_receivewal, because of pg_recvlogical.
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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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