Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > Maybe we don't really need the word "tuple". Like we could just make > it slot_store_heap() or SlotStoreHeap(). A slot can only store a > tuple, after all.
I don't think it's wise to think of these things as just "slots"; that name is way too generic. They are "tuple slots", and so that word has to stay in the relevant function names. regards, tom lane