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From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Improving connection scalability: GetSnapshotData()
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Msg-id 20200812001938.ixenvxdpg4ielbue@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: Improving connection scalability: GetSnapshotData()  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Improving connection scalability: GetSnapshotData()  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>)
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Hi,

On 2020-07-29 19:20:04 +1200, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 6:15 PM Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> wrote:
> > +static inline FullTransactionId
> > +FullXidViaRelative(FullTransactionId rel, TransactionId xid)
> >
> > I'm struggling to find a better word for this than "relative".
> 
> The best I've got is "anchor" xid.  It is an xid that is known to
> limit nextFullXid's range while the receiving function runs.

Thinking about it, I think that relative is a good descriptor. It's just
that 'via' is weird. How about: FullXidRelativeTo?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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