Re: Minmax indexes

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On 7 August 2014 14:53, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Nicolas Barbier
> > <nicolas(dot)barbier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> 2014-08-06 Claudio Freire <klaussfreire(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> >>
> >>> So, I like blockfilter a lot. I change my vote to blockfilter ;)
> >>
> >> +1 for blockfilter, because it stresses the fact that the "physical"
> >> arrangement of rows in blocks matters for this index.
> >
> > I don't like that quite as well as summary, but I'd prefer either to
> > the current naming.
>
> Yes, "summary index" isn't good. I'm not sure where the block or the
> filter part comes in though, so -1 to "block filter", not least
> because it doesn't have a good abbreviation (bfin??).

I was thinking just "blockfilter" (I did show a sample command).
Claudio explained the name downthread; personally, of all the options
suggested thus far, it's the one I like the most (including minmax).

At this point, the naming issue is what is keeping me from committing
this patch, so the quicker we can solve it, the merrier.

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