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Re: EXPLAIN BUFFERS

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Takahiro Itagaki <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler@timbira.com>, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2009-12-10T15:53:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Robert Haas wrote:
>>
>> I don't think IO is a terrible name for an option but I like BUFFERS
>> better.  I don't think the BUFFERS/BLOCKS confusion is too bad, but
>> perhaps we could use BUFFERS in both places.
>
> I don't know how "blocks" got into here in the first place--this concept is
> "buffers" just about everywhere else already, right?

I think we have some places already in the system where we bounce back
and forth between those terms.  I expect that's the reason.

...Robert