From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
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Subject: Re: BUG #4958: Stats collector hung on WaitForMultipleObjectsEx while
	attempting to recv a datagram
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Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
	message dated "Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:17:10 -0400"
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:30:34 -0400
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mar ago 21 14:54:28 -0400 2012:
>> (BTW, I think commit 9b63e9869ffaa4d6d3e8bf45086a765d8f310f1c contains
>> a thinko in one of the comments: shouldn't "a crock of the first
>> water" be "a crock of the first order"?)

> I was interested by that phrase when I saw the commit, and as usual when
> I see a phrase from Tom that looks like it might mean something
> interesting, I looked it up.  Apparently "of the first water" means "of
> the highest quality" or "of the most extreme kind":
> http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/of+the+first+water

Yeah, that was intentional not a typo.  I think modern usage of this
phrase is largely confined to gemstones though, as in "diamond of the
first water".
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/137550.html

Meanwhile, back at the ranch: I'm fine with applying that patch now that
it's had some field testing.

			regards, tom lane