Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia(dot)shang(at)crunchydata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
Date: 2017-01-04 14:55:25
Message-ID: 21307.1483541725@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> As I said in what you did quote above- I won't complain if someone wants
> the aliases and we include them in the documentation, but I don't agree
> with the other suggestions of having undocumented aliases or not making
> the change.

FWIW, that position makes sense to me as well. If we keep aliases,
let's just reconcile ourselves to the probability that they'll be there
indefinitely. It's not that big a deal, and the other proposals are
bigger warts than having an alias.

regards, tom lane

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