Why is box <-> point missing, and box <-> box not indexable? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Gierth
Subject Why is box <-> point missing, and box <-> box not indexable?
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Msg-id 87oa4ynkxz.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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Responses Re: Why is box <-> point missing, and box <-> box not indexable?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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point <-> point, circle <-> point and polygon <-> point all exist as
orderable-by-operator operators (in fact they are the only ones by
default). But there's no box <-> point operator at all, and no index
support for box <-> box.

Was this intentional, or just a strange oversight?

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)



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