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From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Naming of pg_checksums
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In response to Naming of pg_checksums  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:56 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Is there a reason pg_checksums is plural and not singular, i.e.,
> pg_checksum?  I know it is being renamed for PG 12.  It might have
> needed to be plural when it was pg_verify_checksums.

That is a good question, IMHO.  I am not sure whether pg_checksum is
better, but I'm pretty sure it's not worse.

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Robert Haas
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