Re: Should 'sum(mvf)' read 'sum(mcv)'...?

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>, eric.mutta@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2023-04-12T14:22:21Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
> On 12 Apr 2023, at 14:14, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> 
> Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> I was inclined to spell it out as mcv_frequencies but we use xxx_freqs
>> elsewhere on the same page so keeping it consistent seems better.  The attached
>> does this as well as adding mcf/mcv as acronyms as previously mentioned (since
>> they are both tagged as <acronym>).
> 
> mcv_freqs looks good.  I'd write the glossary entries as singular
> (Most Common Frequency, Most Common Value) since our typical usage
> is to pluralize them at the point of use ("MCVs").  Also, just
> expanding the acronym doesn't seem that helpful.  Maybe more like

Pushed with your suggested changes, thanks!

--
Daniel Gustafsson




Commits

  1. doc: Reword unexplained abbreviation