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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: Faster CREATE DATABASE by delaying fsync (was 8.4.1
	ubuntu karmic slow createdb)
From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hmm, in that case, I think the problem is that this function has no
>> comment explaining its intended charter.
>
> That's certainly a big problem, but a comment won't fix the fact that
> the name is misleading. =A0We need both a comment and a name change.

I think you're probably right, but it's not clear what the new name
should be until we have a comment explaining what the function is
responsible for.

...Robert