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From: Nathan Bossart <[email protected]>
To: David E. Wheeler <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: DSO Terms Galore
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:46:28 -0500
Message-ID: <ZprClMExXZGxsAKb@nathan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 03:27:49PM -0400, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> I´m trying to understand the standard terms for extension libraries.
> There seem too a bewildering number of terms used to refer to a shared
> object library, for example:
>
> [...] 
> 
> What is the standard term for these things? Or perhaps, what *should* it
> be? "Module"? "Library"? "Object"? "Shared ____"? "Dynamic ____"?
> 
> Would it be useful to decide on one term (perhaps with "file" appended
> where it refers to a file that contains one of these things) and
> standardize the docs?

The lack of consistent terminology seems at least potentially confusing for
readers.  My first reaction is that "shared library" is probably fine.

-- 
nathan

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