On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 12:16 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 1:34 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 7:43 AM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 1:48 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 7:55 AM houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com
> > > > <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 4)
> > > > >
> > > > > Just a personal suggestion for the parallel related function name. Since Andres
> > > > > wanted a uniform naming pattern. Mabe we can rename the following functions:
> > > > >
> > > > > end|begin_parallel_vacuum => parallel_vacuum_end|begin
> > > > > perform_parallel_index_bulkdel|cleanup => parallel_vacuum_index_bulkdel|cleanup
> > > > >
> > > > > So that all the parallel related functions' name is like parallel_vacuum_xxx.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > BTW, do we really need functions
> > > > perform_parallel_index_bulkdel|cleanup? Both do some minimal
> > > > assignments and then call parallel_vacuum_all_indexes() and there is
> > > > just one caller of each. Isn't it better to just do those assignments
> > > > in the caller and directly call parallel_vacuum_all_indexes()?
> > >
> > > The reason why I declare these two functions are: (1) the fields of
> > > ParallelVacuumState are not exposed and (2) bulk-deletion and cleanup
> > > require different arguments (estimated_count is required only by
> > > cleanup). So if we expose the fields of ParallelVacuumState, the
> > > caller can do those assignments and directly call
> > > parallel_vacuum_all_indexes(). But I'm not sure it's good if those
> > > assignments are the caller's responsibility.
> > >
> >
> > Okay, that makes sense. However, I am still not very comfortable with
> > the function naming suggested by Hou-San, do you have any thoughts on
> > that?
>
> I personally don't disagree with the names starting with
> "parallel_vacuum_*".
>
I don't have any strong opinion here but I prefer the name which makes
more sense in the context it is being used. OTOH, I see there is an
argument that it will be easier to follow and might appear consistent
if we use parallel_vacuum_*.
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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.