From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Nicolas Barbier <nicolas(dot)barbier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Documentation patch: change a name in a grammar rule |
Date: | 2006-04-25 14:56:24 |
Message-ID: | 200604251456.k3PEuO422219@candle.pha.pa.us |
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OK, updated patch calls them "configuration_paramters"s.
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Nicolas Barbier wrote:
> 2006/4/17, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>:
>
> > Nicolas Barbier wrote:
> >
> >> In for example set.sgml, just "name" is used for the exact same
> >> concept. I changed the patch so that "varname" is used, because
> >> "name" was already in use by this specific grammar. Maybe the usage
> >> of "var" makes it less clear indeed, for people that know that those
> >> things are always referred to as "parameters" and never as
> >> "variables".
> >
> > A variable would be something that you store application data in,
> > whereas a parameter is some nondata value that influences your
> > calculations. That's my recollection of how the terms are used in
> > mathematics. So parameter is decidedly the better term than variable.
> > If that is confusing, make it config_param or something like that.
>
> Updated patch attached. We just had another person that made the
> mistake, hopefully making up for the time and resources I'm depriving
> you guys of :-).
>
> Nicolas
>
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