| From: | Marc Munro <marc(at)bloodnok(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: leakproof |
| Date: | 2012-02-22 21:29:36 |
| Message-ID: | 1329946176.9167.1528.camel@bloodnok.com |
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On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 12:44 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Returning to the original point, I've come to the conclusion that
> "pure"
> isn't the right way to go. The trouble with "leakproof" is that it
> doesn't point to what it is that's not leaking, which is information
> rather than memory, as many might imagine (and I did) without further
> hints. I'm not sure any single English word would be as descriptive as
> I'd like.
As the developer of veil I feel marginally qualified to bikeshed here:
how about "silent"? A silent function being one that will not blab.
There are also quite a few synonyms in the thesaurus for trustworthy. I
kind of like "honorable" or "righteous" myself.
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Marc
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