Re: [HACKERS] Large objects names

> Currently, large objects are stored internally as xinv### and xinx###.
>
> I would like to rename this for 6.4 to be _lobject_### to prevent
> namespace collisions, and make them clearer for administrators.
>
> However, this may cause problems for backward compatability for large
> object users. As I see there are going to be other new large object
> things in 6.4, it may not be an issue.
>
> Is is OK to rename them internally?

I will probably keep the current names for a few releases. Once
interfaces start using the relkind field to identify them, rather than
the xinv* naming, I will be able to change the names to anything else
and no external interface will care.

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