On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thomas Munro <[email protected]> writes: > > I think the incorrect spelling fits the usual pattern (movable, > > valuable, believable, ... with moveable accepted but dying), and it's > > definitely "caching" without the -e-, so it's probably a tempting > > mistake to make, but apparently we're making new words out of bits of > > French with the C preprocessor ## operator and ignoring all that. I > > bet it's "cachable" en français though. My Oxford Concise lists only > > the -e- form, so you have my vote. The online Merriam-Webster (I > > think that's the main reference for US spelling?) doesn't list either > > and suggests I might be looking for cashable. > > I tend to look to OneLook Dictionary Search: > > https://www.onelook.com > > Their set of dictionaries has multiple entries for "cacheable" > and only one for "cachable". I don't agree that the latter is > wrong exactly, because some people evidently use it and English > has no Académie Française to legislate what is right; but it's > clearly the less common spelling. > > regards, tom lane > Thanks all for the clarification. Peter and Thomas expressed clear preference for "cacheable", and Tom confirmed it is the more common spelling. I just created a patch to replace all three occurrences accordingly. Best regards, Chao Li (Evan) --------------------- HighGo Software Co., Ltd. https://www.highgo.com/
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