On 2021-Sep-27, Michael Paquier wrote: > The use > of "statistic", "statistics" and "statistics object" in 0008 and 0012 > is indeed inconsistent. The latter term is the most used, but it > sounds a bit weird to me even if it refers to the DDL object > manipulated. Simply using "statistics" would be tempting.
Initially we just used "statistic" as a noun, which IIRC was already grammatically wrong (but I didn't know that and I think Tomas didn't either); later at some point when discussing how to use that noun in plural we realized this and argued that merely using "statistics" was even more wrong. It was then that we started using the term "statistics object" with plural "statistics objects". Going back to using just "statistics" is unlikely to have become correct; I think Justin's patches 0008 and 0012 are correct. -- Álvaro Herrera 39°49'30"S 73°17'W — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/ "La libertad es como el dinero; el que no la sabe emplear la pierde" (Alvarez)
