From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: Doc: improve explanation of GiST compress/decompress methods.
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:36 +0000
Message-ID: <E1w7awJ-002KGJ-0l@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)
Doc: improve explanation of GiST compress/decompress methods.
The docs previously didn't explain that leaf and non-leaf keys
could be treated differently, even though many of our opclasses
do exactly that. It also wasn't explained how that relates to
the STORAGE option, particularly since only one storage type
can be specified for both leaf and non-leaf keys.
While here, reorganize the text slightly, rather than sticking
additional detail into what's supposed to be a brief summary
paragraph.
Author: Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Co-authored-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+renyWs5Np+FLSYfL+eu20S4U671A3fQGb-+7e22HLrD1NbYw@mail.gmail.com
Branch
------
master
Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/fb7a9050d53c5cd4b7c86f8e07196bd47b9db3b2
Modified Files
--------------
doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
src/backend/access/gist/README | 9 ++++++++-
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-committers@postgresql.org
Cc: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Doc: improve explanation of GiST compress/decompress methods.
In-Reply-To: <E1w7awJ-002KGJ-0l@gemulon.postgresql.org>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox