Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, 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>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog
Date: 2016-10-22 15:58:09
Message-ID: 20161022155809.GC27411@momjian.us
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 07:33:56AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> 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.

Agreed.

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