Re: Our naming of wait events is a disaster.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Our naming of wait events is a disaster.
Date: 2020-05-13 02:35:45
Message-ID: 4929.1589337345@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:16 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Hash/Batch/Allocating
>> Hash/Batch/Electing
>> Hash/Batch/Loading
>> Hash/GrowBatches/Allocating

> Perhaps we should also drop the 'ing' from the verbs, to be more like
> ...Read etc.

Yeah, that aspect was bothering me too. Comparing these to other
wait event names, you could make a case for either "Allocate" or
"Allocation"; but there are no other names with -ing.

regards, tom lane

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