On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> Regarding nomenclature and my previous griping about wisdom, I was >> wondering about just calling this a "partition join" like you have in >> the regression test. So the GUC would be enable_partition_join, you'd >> have generate_partition_join_paths(), etc. Basically just delete >> "wise" throughout. > > If I understand correctly, what's being used here is the "-wise" suffix, > unrelated to wisdom, which Merriam Webster lists as "adverb combining > form" here https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wise (though you > have to scroll down a lot), which is defined as > > 1 a :in the manner of * crabwise * fanwise > b :in the position or direction of * slantwise * clockwise > 2 :with regard to :in respect of * dollarwise > > According to that, the right way to write this is "partitionwise join" > (no dash), which means "join in respect of partitions", "join with > regard to partitions".
I'm fine with that, if others like it. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
