Tom,
> It was changed to support partial-match tsvector queries. Without it,
> a partial match query would have to scan entire tsvectors instead
> of applying binary search. I don't know if Oleg and Teodor did any
> actual performance tests on the size of the hit, but it seems like
> it could be pretty awful for large documents.
Ah, ok, that's pretty significant. It makes a huge difference for some
users, one of whom will be quoted on the press release.
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Josh Berkus
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