On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> 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? -- Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
