Re: name of configure threading option

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: name of configure threading option
Date: 2003-07-25 04:16:13
Message-ID: 5434.1059106573@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Should the new threading configure option be called:
> --enable-thread-safeness
> or
> --enable-thread-safety

safety is a common word, safeness isn't. (The OED has entries for both,
but the entry for safety is about 10x longer; a smaller dictionary I
consulted doesn't list safeness at all.)

regards, tom lane

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