On 2020-Jul-07, Michael Paquier wrote: > On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 10:56:53AM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > I think "routine" was more correct. We introduced that terminology to > > encompass both functions and procedures, back when real procedures were > > added. See the definitions in the glossary for example. > > Okay, fine by me, while we have getProcedureTypeDescription() working > on pg_proc entries ;)
That's a holdover from old times, when we thought functions were procedures. That's no longer the case. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
