On 1/3/24 5:05 PM, Dian Fay wrote:
Another possibility is `index`, which is relatively short and not a reserved keyword ^1. `position` is not as precise but would avoid the conceptual overloading of ordinary indices.I'm not a fan of "index" since that leaves the question of whether it's 0 or 1 based. "Position" is a bit better, but I think Jian's suggestion of "occurance" is best.We do have precedent for one-based `index` in Postgres: array types are 1-indexed by default! "Occurrence" removes that ambiguity but it's long and easy to misspell (I looked it up after typing it just now and it _still_ feels off).How's "instance"?
Presumably someone referencing arguments by name would have just
looked up the names via \df or whatever, so presumably misspelling
wouldn't be a big issue. But I think "instance" is OK as well.
-- Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Austin TX