Re: [HACKERS] strcmp() tie-breaker for identical ICU-collated strings - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: [HACKERS] strcmp() tie-breaker for identical ICU-collated strings
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Msg-id CAH2-WzmH=ic71vFM3kCupkP=C1rj0AaGsHyh_bH4w5+LfZOiEw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] strcmp() tie-breaker for identical ICU-collated strings  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] strcmp() tie-breaker for identical ICU-collated strings  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not exactly sure what is possible or
> desirable, but I would not be too surprised to hear complaints about
> the observed behavior different from the "pure" ICU behavior because
> of the tiebreak, and at least some users might even find it worth
> giving up hashing in order to get the exact sort order they need.

But they are getting the sort order they need. They just don't get the
equality semantics they expect.


-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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