Re: Expressional Indexes

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom,
> 
> > Mainly that "expressional" is a made-up word.
> 
> So?   We're in the tech biz, Tom.   New-coined words are expected.  And that 
> way nobody will expect it to mean something else, since we made it up. 
> -- H. Dumpty, Q.E.D.
> 
> > I have been considering using "calculated index" or "computed index"
> > but dunno if that really conveys anything.
> 
> Well, "Expression Indexes" is the most accurate.  Or "Expression-Based 
> Indexes."

Computed index sound too much like there is computation done during the
index lookup, which there isn't, and it sounds like it would behave
differently from a normal index, which it doesn't.

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