Re: Okay to remove mention of mystery @ and ~ operators? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Aleksander Alekseev
Subject Re: Okay to remove mention of mystery @ and ~ operators?
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Msg-id CAJ7c6TOnHYdUAcJVNZayb_q4bLnWur5VH7z3xEAPPWcAbARwug@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Okay to remove mention of mystery @ and ~ operators?  (Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>)
Responses Re: Okay to remove mention of mystery @ and ~ operators?
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Hi,

> > This page says that the `@` and `~` operators on various types can be accelerated by a GiST index.
> >
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/gist-builtin-opclasses.html
> >
> > These operators have been listed in the file since it was created in 2014, but if they exist then I don't know how
touse them or what they do.
 
> >
> > Code examples, for clarity:
> >
> > > select box '(0,0),(1, 1)' ~ box '(2,2),(3,3)';
> > operator does not exist: box ~ box
> >
> > > select box '(0,0),(1, 1)' @ box '(2,2),(3,3)';
> > operator does not exist: box @ box
> >
> > If they're a typo or some removed thing then I'd like to remove them from the page. This email is me asking to find
outif I'm wrong about that before I try to submit a patch (also very happy for someone with a committer bit to just fix
this).
>
> Indeed, there is no @(box,box) or ~(box,box) in the \dAo output. These
> operators were removed by 2f70fdb0644c back in 2020.
>
> I will submit a patch for the documentation shortly. Thanks for reporting.

Here is the patch.

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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