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=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> writes:
> On 2025-Apr-28, Tom Lane wrote:
>> +	BlockNumber numNonLeafPages;	/* # of index pages that are not leafs */

> I find the use of "leafs" as plural for "leaf" a bit strange ...
> We already have uses of that word, but I wonder if they don't mostly
> or exclusively come from non-native English speakers.

Yeah, "leaves" would be correct, but I wondered whether that'd confuse
non-native speakers more.  Happy to change it though.

			regards, tom lane