Re: WIP: generalized index constraints

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP: generalized index constraints
Date: 2009-09-15 21:52:35
Message-ID: 24435.1253051555@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 14:42 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
>> operator constraints
>> operator exclusion constraints
>> operator conflict constraints
>> conflict operator constraints
>> operator index constraints
>> index constraints
>> generalized index constraints
>> something else?

> Just to add a couple more permutations of Robert Haas's suggestions:

> exclusion operator constraints
> exclusive operator constraints

To my ear, "operator exclusion constraints" or "exclusive operator
constraints" seem reasonable; the other permutations of that phrase
simply aren't good English.

I'm not tremendously happy with any of them though...

regards, tom lane

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