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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:47:07 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
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Subject: Re: language cleanups in code and docs
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:22:35AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> 0006: docs: s/master/root/
>   Here using root seems a lot better than master anyway (master seems
>   confusing in regard to inheritance scenarios). But perhaps parent
>   would be better? Went with root since it's about the topmost table.

Because we allow multiple levels of inheritance, I have always wanted a
clear term for the top-most parent.

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