Re: Heap page diagnostic functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Heap page diagnostic functions
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Msg-id 23058.1178043445@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Heap page diagnostic functions  ("Florian G. Pflug" <fgp@phlo.org>)
Responses Re: Heap page diagnostic functions  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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"Florian G. Pflug" <fgp@phlo.org> writes:
> Doesn't forensics basically mean to find the cause of something
> *after* it happened, based on traces that the event left behind?

Hmm ... the Oxford English Dictionary defines "forensic" as "pertaining
to, connected with, or used in courts of law".  There are also some
senses related to argumentation, but nothing specifically about evidence
analysis, whether after-the-fact or not.  So yeah, it doesn't seem like
a good name for these functions anyhow.
        regards, tom lane


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