Re: Should 'sum(mvf)' read 'sum(mcv)'...?

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: eric(dot)mutta(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Should 'sum(mvf)' read 'sum(mcv)'...?
Date: 2022-08-22 09:13:38
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> On 22 Aug 2022, at 09:48, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 11:02:04PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:

>> It appears the above sentence is referring to the "(1 - sum(mvf))" portion
>> of the formula, however I am not sure what "mvf" is referring to
>> there...shouldn't it be "(1 - sum(mcv))" in order to match what the
>> explanatory sentence is saying?
>
> It should be mcf, ie. Most Common Frequencies. It looks like a very old typo
> that survived until now.

That seems plausible, but it does seem introduced on purpose in f5678e8e075 so
CC:ing Tom for a trip down memory lane.

Looking at this I noticed that we mark up MCV and MCF as acronyms but they
aren't defined in acronyms.sgml. ISTM it's a good idea to keep a 1:1 mapping
between markup and content, so we should probably do that as per the attached?

--
Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/

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