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.
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