name "oid" is confusing

From: Ken Geis <kgeis(at)speakeasy(dot)net>
To: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: name "oid" is confusing
Date: 2005-10-25 08:08:00
Message-ID: 9f20200d44d3ca6176bee67e9ecb67ad@speakeasy.net
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The names of the class org.postgresql.core.Oid and the property oid in
the class org.postgresql.core.Field are misleading. They really refer
to a concept that is more restricted than OID, namely "OID of a type."
Any chance of getting them renamed to TypeOID (or some other
capitalization of that?)

Ken

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