Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w7awS-005VKN-2F for pgsql-committers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w7awR-00AuqY-0D for pgsql-committers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:43 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w7awQ-00AuqP-2i for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:43 +0000 Received: from mahout.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::227]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1w7awP-00000001zGS-1b53 for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:42 +0000 Received: from gemulon.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::198]) by mahout.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w7awP-007IxQ-0E for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=gemulon.postgresql.org) by gemulon.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w7awJ-002KGJ-0l for pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:36 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2438660785281546254==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Tom Lane To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org Subject: pgsql: Doc: improve explanation of GiST compress/decompress methods. X-Auto-Response-Suppress: All Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Message-Id: Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:36 +0000 List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --===============2438660785281546254== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 RG9jOiBpbXByb3ZlIGV4cGxhbmF0aW9uIG9mIEdpU1QgY29tcHJlc3MvZGVjb21wcmVzcyBtZXRo b2RzLgoKVGhlIGRvY3MgcHJldmlvdXNseSBkaWRuJ3QgZXhwbGFpbiB0aGF0IGxlYWYgYW5kIG5v bi1sZWFmIGtleXMKY291bGQgYmUgdHJlYXRlZCBkaWZmZXJlbnRseSwgZXZlbiB0aG91Z2ggbWFu eSBvZiBvdXIgb3BjbGFzc2VzCmRvIGV4YWN0bHkgdGhhdC4gIEl0IGFsc28gd2Fzbid0IGV4cGxh aW5lZCBob3cgdGhhdCByZWxhdGVzIHRvCnRoZSBTVE9SQUdFIG9wdGlvbiwgcGFydGljdWxhcmx5 IHNpbmNlIG9ubHkgb25lIHN0b3JhZ2UgdHlwZQpjYW4gYmUgc3BlY2lmaWVkIGZvciBib3RoIGxl YWYgYW5kIG5vbi1sZWFmIGtleXMuCgpXaGlsZSBoZXJlLCByZW9yZ2FuaXplIHRoZSB0ZXh0IHNs aWdodGx5LCByYXRoZXIgdGhhbiBzdGlja2luZwphZGRpdGlvbmFsIGRldGFpbCBpbnRvIHdoYXQn cyBzdXBwb3NlZCB0byBiZSBhIGJyaWVmIHN1bW1hcnkKcGFyYWdyYXBoLgoKQXV0aG9yOiBQYXVs IEEgSnVuZ3dpcnRoIDxwakBpbGx1bWluYXRlZGNvbXB1dGluZy5jb20+CkNvLWF1dGhvcmVkLWJ5 OiBUb20gTGFuZSA8dGdsQHNzcy5wZ2gucGEudXM+CkRpc2N1c3Npb246IGh0dHBzOi8vcG9zdGdy LmVzL20vQ0ErcmVueVdzNU5wK0ZMU1lmTCtldTIwUzRVNjcxQTNmUUdiLSs3ZTIySExyRDFOYll3 QG1haWwuZ21haWwuY29tCgpCcmFuY2gKLS0tLS0tCm1hc3RlcgoKRGV0YWlscwotLS0tLS0tCmh0 dHBzOi8vZ2l0LnBvc3RncmVzcWwub3JnL3BnL2NvbW1pdGRpZmYvZmI3YTkwNTBkNTNjNWNkNGI3 Yzg2ZjhlMDcxOTZiZDQ3YjlkYjNiMgoKTW9kaWZpZWQgRmlsZXMKLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0KZG9j L3NyYy9zZ21sL2dpc3Quc2dtbCAgICAgICAgIHwgMzEgKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKysrKyst LS0tLS0tLQpzcmMvYmFja2VuZC9hY2Nlc3MvZ2lzdC9SRUFETUUgfCAgOSArKysrKysrKy0KMiBm aWxlcyBjaGFuZ2VkLCAzMSBpbnNlcnRpb25zKCspLCA5IGRlbGV0aW9ucygtKQoK --===============2438660785281546254==--