Re: [PATCH] Unremovable tuple monitoring - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Browne
Subject Re: [PATCH] Unremovable tuple monitoring
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Msg-id CAFNqd5WR1+PZ1Nu7_Jz=zG5T5u+vTECss+uwBBrZyxOwUwvP9Q@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Unremovable tuple monitoring  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> "nondeletable" is surely terrible, since they may well have got into
> this state by being deleted.  "nonremovable" is better, but still not
> great.

Bit of brain storm, including looking over to terminology used for
garbage collection:
- stillreferenceable
- notyetremovable
- referenceable
- reachable

Perhaps those suggest some option that is a bit less horrible?  I
think I like referenceable best, of those.
--
When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the
question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"


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