Re: leakproof

From: Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: leakproof
Date: 2012-02-20 08:55:52
Message-ID: 4F420A98.6090302@gmail.com
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On 2012-02-20 06:37, Don Baccus wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> It's not clear to me whether pure/leakproof functions are meant to be a
>> strict subset of immutable functions
> Superset, not subset, unless my guessing is wrong. How could "pure" be a subset of "immutable"?
If immutable functions are not necessarily leakproof/pure, and all
leakproof/pure functions are immutable.

If the latter is not the case, "pure" leads to confusion as well.

What about "discreet"?

-- Yeb

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