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Re: leakproof

Kevin Grittner <kevin.grittner@wicourts.gov>

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From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "Jeff Janes" <jeff.janes@gmail.com>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "Don Baccus" <dhogaza@pacifier.com>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-02-22T16:14:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
 
> Returning to the original point, I've come to the conclusion that
> "pure" isn't the right way to go. The trouble with "leakproof" is
> that it doesn't point to what it is that's not leaking, which is
> information rather than memory, as many might imagine (and I did)
> without further hints. I'm not sure any single English word would
> be as descriptive as I'd like.
 
Discreet?
 
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discreet
 
I guess the risk is that people would confuse it with "discrete".
 
-Kevin