Re: Pre-v11 appearances of the word "procedure" in v11 docs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Pre-v11 appearances of the word "procedure" in v11 docs
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Msg-id 5193.1534267125@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Pre-v11 appearances of the word "procedure" in v11 docs  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>)
Responses Re: Pre-v11 appearances of the word "procedure" in v11 docs
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Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> writes:
> I noticed that the word "procedure" appears in at least a few places
> in the v11 docs as a not-quite-apt synonym of "function". For example,
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/plpgsql-trigger.html talks
> about "PL/pgSQL Trigger Procedures" which are actually all functions
> in practice.

Agreed, we'd better stop being cavalier about whether that's an
exact synonym or not.

            regards, tom lane


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