RE: Good name for new lock type for VACUUM? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hiroshi Inoue
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tom Lane
> >
> > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > > I've been staring at the lock names for an hour now and the
> > best name I've
> > > come up with is SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE, as in "share update, otherwise
> > > exclusive" (the implication being that update would allow
> > select as well),
> > > or some permutation thereof.
> >
> > Okay with me, unless someone else comes up with a better idea...
> >
>
> I have no better idea but I hope to leave VacuumLock as an alias
> because I can't remember others.
>

Isn't it a better idea to have a separate 'SELF EXCLUSIVE' lock
which conflicts with only itself ?

regards,
HIroshi Inoue