David Steele wrote:
> On 10/21/16 3:12 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> > I have no problem continuing keeping with historical precedent and
> > allowing mnemonic abbreviations in our directory and file names at this
> > point.
>
> I'm still in favor of pg_xact. A search of the 9.6 docs brings up a number
> of hits for "xact": pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp(),
> pg_advisory_xact_lock(), pg_advisory_xact_lock_shared(),
> pg_last_committed_xact(), pg_prepared_xacts(), etc. There are also numerous
> column names that have "xact" in them.
I'm +1 on pg_clog -> pg_xact.
Also +1 to renaming pg_subtrans to pg_subxact.
In general, +1 to short mnemonic meaningful names. -1 to overly long
names, -1 to meaningless names.
Regarding pg_receivexlog I think I'd propose pg_recvwal rather than
pg_receivewal, because of pg_recvlogical.
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