Subject: Re: Auxiliary Processes and MyAuxProc
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On 2020-03-19 14:29, Mike Palmiotto wrote:
>> More specifically, I don't agree with the wholesale renaming of
>> auxiliary process to subprocess.  Besides the massive code churn, the
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the argument here. Where do you see
> wholesale renaming of AuxProc to Subprocess? Subprocess is the name
> for postmaster subprocesses, whereas Auxiliary Processes are a subset
> of those processes.

Specifically renaming AuxProcType to SubprocessType and everything that 
follows from that, including the name of new files.

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