Re: [HACKERS] Surjective functional indexes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Surjective functional indexes
Date
Msg-id 20181108192447.noq6adistqmhzgaj@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Surjective functional indexes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

On 2018-11-07 14:25:54 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> We need to move forward, either by undertaking a more extensive
> clean-out, or by finding a path to a version of the code that is
> satisfactory.
> [...]
> In short, it seems likely to me that large parts of this patch need to
> be pulled out, rewritten, and then put back in different places than
> they are today.  I'm not sure if a complete revert is the best next
> step, or if we can make progress without that.

I think the feature has merit, but I don't think it makes that much
sense to start with the current in-tree version. There's just too many
architectural issues.  So I think we should clean it out as much as we
can, and then have the feature re-submitted with proper review etc.

Greetings,

Andres Freund


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