> On 23 Aug 2023, at 03:17, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote:
> On 2023-08-22 23:47:24 +0200, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> My only small gripe is that I keep thinking about template databases for
>> CREATE
>> DATABASE when reading the error messages in this patch, which is clearly not
>> related to what this does.
>>
>> + note("initializing database system by copying initdb template");
>>
>> I personally would've used cache instead of template in the user facing parts
>> to keep concepts separated, but thats personal taste.
>
> I am going back and forth on that one (as one can notice with $subject). It
> doesn't quite seem like a cache, as it's not "created" on demand and only
> usable when the exactly same parameters are used repeatedly. But template is
> overloaded as you say...
That's a fair point, cache is not a good word to describe a stored copy of
something prefabricated. Let's go with template, we can always refine in-tree
if a better wording comes along.
--
Daniel Gustafsson
