| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Nikita Glukhov <n(dot)gluhov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Oleksandr Shulgin <oleksandr(dot)shulgin(at)zalando(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Oleg Bartunov <obartunov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Generic type subscripting |
| Date: | 2020-12-09 19:00:22 |
| Message-ID: | 3674425.1607540422@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 12:49:48PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I'd be happier if the "container" terminology were reserved for
>> that sort of physical containment, which means that I think a lot
>> of the commentary around SubscriptingRef is misleading. But I do
>> not have a better word to suggest offhand. Thoughts?
> I have only 'a composite'/'a compound' alternative in mind, but it's
> probably the same confusing as a container.
Yeah, in fact likely worse, since we tend to use those words for
rowtypes. Naming is the hardest problem in CS :-(
regards, tom lane
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