On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 5:22 PM Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com> wrote:
Note: I’m asking because the answer to the question “Why isn’t X supported?” is always useful. For example, if supporting it would imply a logical impossibility that I’m too slow to spot, it helps me when someone explains what I failed to realize. Equally, it helps me to know when the answer is “It’s just a historical accident. It could have been supported. But, now that it isn’t, it doesn’t seem worth the effort to bridge that gap” because this shows me that my existing mental model is sound.
Here is the commit that brought the feature into existence (it includes a link to the archives for discussion from which you can read or infer things).