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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: Our naming of wait events is a disaster.
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Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:16 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Hash/Batch/Allocating
>> Hash/Batch/Electing
>> Hash/Batch/Loading
>> Hash/GrowBatches/Allocating

> Perhaps we should also drop the 'ing' from the verbs, to be more like
> ...Read etc.

Yeah, that aspect was bothering me too.  Comparing these to other
wait event names, you could make a case for either "Allocate" or
"Allocation"; but there are no other names with -ing.

			regards, tom lane