Peter Geoghegan <[email protected]> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Robert Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Right, and what I'm saying is that maybe the "applicability" flag
>> shouldn't be stored in the SortSupport object, but passed down as an
>> argument.
> But then how does that information get to any given sortsupport
> routine? That's the place that really needs to know if abbreviation is
> useful. In general, they're only passed a SortSupport object. Are you
> suggesting revising the signature required of SortSupport routines to
> add that extra flag as an additional argument?
I think that is what he's suggesting, and I too am wondering why it's
a good idea.
regards, tom lane
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