Re: Regclass what does reg mean - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Regclass what does reg mean
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In response to Regclass what does reg mean  (Cabe Steele <cabesteele@gmail.com>)
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Cabe Steele <cabesteele@gmail.com> writes:
> What does reg mean? Regclass regtype, regoper, etc

The origin is lost in the mists of time --- regproc dates back to
Berkeley times, and the rest of those were named on its precedent.
I've always supposed that it meant "registered", as in "entered in
the system catalogs", but I wasn't there when regproc was invented.

I wonder if there's any evidence for that ... [ digs ] ... ah-hah,
ref.cat in the Postgres v4r2 tarball, dated 03/13/94, says

        POSTGRES Type  Meaning                                 Required
        ...
        regproc        registered procedure                    *
    ...

            regards, tom lane



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