Re: HOT latest patch - version 8 - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: HOT latest patch - version 8
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Msg-id 469DEED8.2000800@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: HOT latest patch - version 8  (<korryd@enterprisedb.com>)
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korryd@enterprisedb.com wrote:
> Any objections to changing the name of "RedirectDead"?  A RedirectDead
> ItemId is not really redirected, it's just a stub representing a dead
> tuple (the space for that tuple has been reused but an index entry may
> still point to the ItemId).
>
> How about "stub" or "tombstone"?

Sounds good to me. "Stub" is a bit generic, I'd go for "tombstone".

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