Re: language cleanups in code and docs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: language cleanups in code and docs
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Msg-id 1299304.1592314209@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: language cleanups in code and docs  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> I'd be more worried about for example postmaster.pid, which would break a
> *lot* of scripts and integrations. postmaster is also exposed in the system
> catalogs.

Oooh, that's an excellent point.  A lot of random stuff knows that file
name.

To be clear, I'm not against removing incidental uses of the word
"master".  But the specific case of "postmaster" seems a little too
far ingrained to be worth changing.

            regards, tom lane



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