Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, "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>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog
Date: 2016-10-21 22:33:56
Message-ID: CAB7nPqQwU5xTvavOVg3FLrLc3E3URrjH10ccaTkSkjcfy4o=Nw@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> 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.

So let's say that's the winner then.

> Also +1 to renaming pg_subtrans to pg_subxact.

Nice suggestion, good naming for consistency with the rest.
--
Michael

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