Re: Support for N synchronous standby servers - take 2

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Beena Emerson <memissemerson(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Support for N synchronous standby servers - take 2
Date: 2015-07-02 05:10:50
Message-ID: CAB7nPqQt89j3rXfiFxmiCgoD72O1Fq1bNJaoe+dQHvPSuhPcEw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:45 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On 6/26/15 1:46 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> - k(elt1,elt2,eltN) means that we need for the k elements in the set
>> to return true (aka commit confirmation).
>> - k[elt1,elt2,eltN] means that we need for the first k elements in the
>> set to return true.
>
> I think the difference between (...) and [...] is not intuitive. To me,
> {...} would be more intuitive to indicate order does not matter.

When defining a set of elements {} defines elements one by one, () and
[] are used for ranges. Perhaps the difference is better this way.

>> When k is not defined for a group, k = 1.
>
> How about putting it at the end? Like
>
> [foo,bar,baz](2)

I am less convinced by that, now I won't argue against it either.
--
Michael

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