Re: [HACKERS] GSoC 2017: Foreign Key Arrays

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Mark Rofail <markm(dot)rofail(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Hans-Jürgen Schönig <hs(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] GSoC 2017: Foreign Key Arrays
Date: 2018-04-11 13:29:59
Message-ID: 20180411132959.xjfiicra2py2fuz3@alvherre.pgsql
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Mark Rofail wrote:

> > In particular: it seemed to me that you decided to throw away the idea
> > of the new GIN operator without sufficient evidence that it was
> > unnecessary.
>
> I have to admit to that. But in my defence @> is also GIN indexable so the
> only difference in performance between 'anyarray @>> anyelement' and
> 'anyarray @> ARRAY [anyelement]' is the delay caused by the ARRAY[]
> operation theoretically.

I think I need to review Tom's bounce-for-rework email
https://postgr.es/m/28389.1351094795@sss.pgh.pa.us
to respond to this intelligently. Tom mentioned @> there but there was
a comment about the comparison semantics used by that operator, so I'm
unclear on whether or not that issue has been fixed.

--
Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2018-04-11 13:38:34 Re: submake-errcodes
Previous Message Amit Kapila 2018-04-11 13:28:18 Re: lazy detoasting