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

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, eric(dot)mutta(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Should 'sum(mvf)' read 'sum(mcv)'...?
Date: 2023-04-12 14:22:21
Message-ID: E3AB2C86-CFDF-46CB-B70E-2D7FCAEA8BD8@yesql.se
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> On 12 Apr 2023, at 14:14, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
>> I was inclined to spell it out as mcv_frequencies but we use xxx_freqs
>> elsewhere on the same page so keeping it consistent seems better. The attached
>> does this as well as adding mcf/mcv as acronyms as previously mentioned (since
>> they are both tagged as <acronym>).
>
> mcv_freqs looks good. I'd write the glossary entries as singular
> (Most Common Frequency, Most Common Value) since our typical usage
> is to pluralize them at the point of use ("MCVs"). Also, just
> expanding the acronym doesn't seem that helpful. Maybe more like

Pushed with your suggested changes, thanks!

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Daniel Gustafsson

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