Re: btree_gin and btree_gist for enums

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: btree_gin and btree_gist for enums
Date: 2017-02-26 21:09:39
Message-ID: 88f65d25-8c32-1e09-f1ad-7f10e372a803@2ndQuadrant.com
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On 02/26/2017 03:26 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
>> This works for the btree_gin case. However, there's a difficulty for
>> btree_gist - in the puicksplit routine the cmp function is passed to
>> qsort() so there is no chance to pass it an flinfo to set up the call to
>> the real comparison routine. Implementing a custom sort routine to work
>> around the problem seems a bridge too far. I can;t think of an
>> alternative off hand.
> We already have qsort_arg ... can't you change it to use that?
>
>

Yes, wasn't aware of that, that looks like exactly what I need. thanks.

cheers

andrew

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