On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Tomas Vondra <tomas.von...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> By default, or when uniform is specified, all values in the range are >> drawn with equal probability. Specifying gaussian or exponential >> options modifies this behavior; each requires a mandatory threshold >> which determines the precise shape of the distribution. > > I find the 'threshold' name to be rather unfortunate, as none of the > probability distribution functions that I know use this term. And even if > there's one probability function that uses 'threshold' it has very little > meaning in the others. For example the exponential distribution uses 'rate' > (lambda). I'd prefer a neutral name (e.g. 'parameter').
+1 for this change. (I have no particular opinion on your other suggestions.) -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers