Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> 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