> > Aren't index tuples still tuples? Can't they be split just like
> > regular tuples?
>
> Don't know, maybe.
>
> While looking for some places where tuple data might be
> accessed directly inside of the buffers I've searched for
> WriteBuffer() and friends. These are mostly used in the index
> access methods and some other places where I expected them,
> so index AM's have at least to be carefully visited when
> implementing tuple split.
See my recent mail. heap_getnext and heap_fetch(). Can't get lower
access than that.
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