for example, col LIKE 'foo%' or col ~ '^foo', but not col LIKE '%bar'.
Desired improvement:
for example, col LIKE 'foo%' or col ~ '^foo', but not col LIKE '%bar', which would require a reversed index on the field. Postgres will automatically use the reverse index for LIKE '%bar'
Or if it doesn't:
for example, col LIKE 'foo%' or col ~ '^foo', but not col LIKE '%bar', which would require a reversed index on the field. To use the reversed index, query with reverse(col) like reverse('%bar').