On 12.07.22 03:10, Thomas Munro wrote:
> AFAIK we generally only use pg_whatever() when there's a good reason,
> such as an incompatibility, a complication or a different abstraction
> that you want to highlight to a reader. The reason here was
> temporary: we couldn't implement standard pread/pwrite perfectly on
> ancient HP-UX, but we*can* implement it on Windows, so the reason is
> gone.
>
> These particular pg_ prefixes have only been in our tree for a few
> years and I was hoping to boot them out again before they stick, like
> "Size". I like using standard interfaces where possible for the very
> basic stuff, to de-weird our stuff.
I agree. That's been the established approach.