Re: [TF-LIB] COALESCE is an unhelpful choice of name

Kendall Clark wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not wedded to COALESCE and I recognize it's an obtuse word that's
>> confusing to non-SQL-heads and probably even more confusing to
>> non-native-English speakers.
>>
>> ...But I don't like any of these proposed choices either :)
> 
> How about GATHER (which is a pretty good synonym of "coalesce")?

It sounds a bit like something you do with berries and twigs :-), but I 
definitely prefer it to the other proposals, and probably indifferent to 
it vs. COALESCE (pro is it's a much nicer word, con is we're inventing 
something new).

Lee

Received on Friday, 13 November 2009 17:14:16 UTC