Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E39475E75 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:12:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from bob.samurai.com (bob.samurai.com [205.207.28.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF88475A3F for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:12:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from tokyo.samurai.com (DU150.N224.ResNet.QueensU.CA [130.15.224.150]) by bob.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF3151D5D; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 00:12:20 -0500 (EST) To: Bruce Momjian Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: concurrency control docs error References: <200211120445.gAC4jeo29705@candle.pha.pa.us> From: Neil Conway In-Reply-To: <200211120445.gAC4jeo29705@candle.pha.pa.us> Date: 12 Nov 2002 00:12:19 -0500 Message-ID: <87wunjwevg.fsf@mailbox.samurai.com> Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200211/18 X-Sequence-Number: 1542 Bruce Momjian writes: > But it isn't saying there aren't other deadlock cases, just that > explicit locks tend to cause them more frequently. Well, it doesn't refer to "frequently", or "more often". It just says: Doing x can lead to y. While that statement doesn't imply anything about other things that can lead to y, a lot of people will take that for granted -- especially if the docs don't mention anything else that might produce y. I'll write up something and send it to -patches... Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC