Re: pg_overexplain extension name - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Aleksander Alekseev
Subject Re: pg_overexplain extension name
Date
Msg-id CAJ7c6TP_Dvjm7YBUKv6vYs53Y4Poq_aBcrh1gp3EKr3xQAzfxw@mail.gmail.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to pg_overexplain extension name  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
Hi Bruce,

> I was thinking about the name of our new PG 18 pg_overexplain extension.
> "Over-explain" has a negative connotation, like how can over-explaining
> something be useful?  Do we want that as the name of this new extension?

I think it was an intended pun and to my ears it's sort of funny. This
being said I can imagine how it might confuse a user or two, so +0.5
from me.

Here are several more neutral options:

* pg_explain_extra
* pg_explain_ext / _extended
* pg_explain_more



pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Tom Lane
Date:
Subject: Re: track needed attributes in plan nodes for executor use
Next
From: Dmitry Dolgov
Date:
Subject: Re: Changing shared_buffers without restart