Re: btree_gin and btree_gist for enums - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: btree_gin and btree_gist for enums
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Msg-id 56F46798.60605@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: btree_gin and btree_gist for enums  ("Matt Wilmas" <pgsql_lists@realplain.com>)
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On 03/24/2016 12:40 PM, Matt Wilmas wrote:
>
>
> It would be *really* nice to have this in 9.6.  It seems it's simply 
> filling out functionality that should already be there, right?  An 
> oversight/bug fix so it works "as advertised?" :-)


I think that would be stretching the process a bit far. I'm certainly 
not prepared to commit it unless there is a general consensus to make an 
exception for it.


> Is any other btree type-compatibility missing from these modules?  (I 
> notice the btree_gin docs don't mention "numeric," but it works.)


uuid would be another type that should be fairly easily covered but isn't.


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>
> I just looked over the patch, and the actual code addition/changes 
> seem pretty small and straightforward (or am I wrong?). 



Yes, sure, it's all fairly simple. Took me a little while to understand 
what I was doing, but once I did it was pretty much plain sailing.

cheers

andrew





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