In [2], in order to correct a false Mergelyan-type statement given in [4] on uniform approximation on compact sets 饾惥 in C 饾憫 , the authors introduced a natural function algebra 饾惔 饾惙 (饾惥 ) which is smaller than the classical one 饾惔(饾惥 ). In the present paper we investigate when these two algebras coincide and compare them with the classes of all plausibly approximable functions by polynomials or rational functions or functions holomorphic on open sets containing the compact set 饾惥. Finally, we introduce a notion of 饾憘-hull of 饾惥 and strengthen known results.