Re: Exclusion Constraint vs. Constraint Exclusion - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Exclusion Constraint vs. Constraint Exclusion
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Msg-id 27351.1260231116@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Exclusion Constraint vs. Constraint Exclusion  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: Exclusion Constraint vs. Constraint Exclusion  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> We have a very unfortunate naming situation with Jeff Davis's new
> feature, namely the shorter name, which is one permutation away from
> an existing and entirely unrelated feature: Constraint Exclusion,
> which has to do with queries over partitioned tables and like
> entities.

> Renaming it, which I believe we should do Really Soon(TM), to Operator
> [Exclusion] Constraints would fix this problem.

Too late.  I just spent about two days making that patch follow the
"exclusion constraints" naming, and I'm not undoing that work.
        regards, tom lane


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