Re: Suggestions please: names for function cachabilityattributes
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-04-03T17:16:41Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
mlw writes: > A function, such as sin(x) could be considered constant for the result based on > value 'x' It could also be considered deterministic, strict, cacheable, mathematically sensible, real, pleasant, or good. ;-) Out of those, I believe "const" is the worst term, because saying "sin(x) is a constant function" sounds pretty wrong. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net