Just noticed I only replied to trevor and not to the list. Guess the general opion is not in favor of "ext", but just for the sake of completeness ;-)
Chris -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Discussion] The aggregation function name of getting extreme value Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 07:49:45 +0000 From: Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> To: Trevor Hart <[email protected]> Hi all, Just some feedback on this ... my first thought when I would see this, would be "EXTernal value" ususally "EXT" is used for external stuff. I wouldn't suggest to use that. So I would be in favor of the long "extreme" variant. Chris On 02.06.21 04:53, Trevor Hart wrote: > My vote is for #3 or "EXT_VALUE" to be consistent with "MAX_VALUE" etc > > > > > Thanks > > Trevor Hart > > Ope Limited > > w: http://www.ope.nz/ > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:50:25 +1200 Xiangwei Wei <[email protected]> > wrote ---- > > > Hi guys, > > We plan to add a new aggregation function, whose function is to take the > extreme value, that is, to return the maximum absolute value (the preferred > positive value). The typical use scenario is the vibration amplitude of the > bridge. > It has been contributed by @Liu Yu ~[1]. > > One of the issues that we need to discuss with you is the name of this > aggregate function. At present, it is called `ext`, for example, ext(s1). > We should take a name which is intuitive and easy to understand. > Alternative options: > 1. ext > 2. extreme > 3. ext_value > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/iotdb/pull/3289 >
