Thread: name of configure threading option
Should the new threading configure option be called: --enable-thread-safeness or --enable-thread-safety or something else? Someone was asking me about the validity of the word safeness. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073
--On Thursday, July 24, 2003 21:42:59 -0400 Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote: > Should the new threading configure option be called: > > --enable-thread-safeness > > or > > --enable-thread-safety > > or something else? Someone was asking me about the validity of the word > safeness. the latter, IMHO. If I count for anything. LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Should the new threading configure option be called:
> --enable-thread-safeness
> or
> --enable-thread-safety
safety is a common word, safeness isn't. (The OED has entries for both,
but the entry for safety is about 10x longer; a smaller dictionary I
consulted doesn't list safeness at all.)
regards, tom lane
Change made. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > Should the new threading configure option be called: > > --enable-thread-safeness > > or > > --enable-thread-safety > > safety is a common word, safeness isn't. (The OED has entries for both, > but the entry for safety is about 10x longer; a smaller dictionary I > consulted doesn't list safeness at all.) > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073
Actually, I never made the change until now. I thought I had already did it. Sorry. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- pgman wrote: > > Change made. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > > Should the new threading configure option be called: > > > --enable-thread-safeness > > > or > > > --enable-thread-safety > > > > safety is a common word, safeness isn't. (The OED has entries for both, > > but the entry for safety is about 10x longer; a smaller dictionary I > > consulted doesn't list safeness at all.) > > > > regards, tom lane > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html > > > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001+ If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania19073