Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Maybe we don't really need the word "tuple". Like we could just make
> it slot_store_heap() or SlotStoreHeap(). A slot can only store a
> tuple, after all.
I don't think it's wise to think of these things as just "slots";
that name is way too generic. They are "tuple slots", and so that
word has to stay in the relevant function names.
regards, tom lane