Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> I'm not really convinced that Bruce's proposed names seem any better to >> me. What's wrong with "dead" and "live"?
> In my mind, visible really means "visible to anyone", and expired means > visible to no one. Um ... surely, visibility is in the eye of the beholder (no smiley). I don't have an immediate suggestion for better terminology, but IMHO the whole point of visible/invisible terminology is that it depends on who's looking. Dead and live seem to convey a more appropriate air of finality. "Expired" is OK as a synonym for "dead", but there is no thesaurus anywhere in the world that will suggest it as an antonym for "visible". regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org