> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > The patch never intended to increase the index tuple length. It was
> > only to better document how IndexTupleData is used. Both Tom and I
> > agreed that the use of bits/contants/macros in itup.h was not idea, and
> > needed a little cleaning. That's all the patch does.
>
> The original version of the patch commandeered an extra bit for tuple
> length. If you back off INDEX_SIZE_MASK to 1FFF, and document bit
> 13 as unused/reserved, then it's just a cleanup.
OK, we are both catching up now on the email. Should I put it in
current? Seems like cosmetic cleanup. Of course, even if you say yes,
I have to wait 24 hours.
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