Re: "serializable" in comments and names - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 09/08/2010 10:02 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of mié sep 08 12:12:31 -0400 2010:
>>> AFAIR it doesn't keep the first snapshot around.  If it did, most of
>>> your work on snapshot list trimming would have been useless, no?
>
>> That's my point precisely.  The name "IsolationUsesXactSnapshot" makes
>> it sound like it applies to any transaction that uses snapshots for
>> isolation, doesn't it?
>
> I don't think so, at least not when compared to the alternative
> IsolationUsesStmtSnapshot.

The attached patch is updated for the various comments, as well as some
wording tweaks by me. If there are no objections I'd like to commit this
in a day or two.

Joe

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