From: | Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Amit Khandekar <amit(dot)khandekar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: delta relations in AFTER triggers |
Date: | 2016-11-21 18:29:36 |
Message-ID: | CACjxUsNBXgExJLVQy00JmiyrxBn57Foun0uAAkAQCgTurfdebA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> When I used the word "cache" here, I was thinking more of this
>> English language definition:
>>
>> a : a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving
>> provisions or implements
>> b : a secure place of storage
>>
>> The intent being to emphasize that there is not one public
>> "registry" of such objects, but context-specific collections where
>> references are tucked away when they become available for later use
>> in the only the appropriate context.
> How about "stash"? According to my reading of Merriam-Webster's
> definition, "stash" mostly appears to be the thing that is stored
> (hidden), rather than the place it's stored in, but one of the
> definitions is "hiding place", and "cache" is listed as a synonym.
"Stash" seems better that "cache" or "registry", especially since
many programmers these days seem to associate "cache" with
pass-through proxy techniques. I first became familiar with the
term "cache" while reading Jack London, and tend to retain some
association with the more general definition. Clearly I am in the
minority on that here.
http://ereimer.net/20080706/13586_erC720.htm
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Kevin Grittner
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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