On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Actually, the docs could be more polished. > > > > I think the docs could stand to be rewritten from scratch ;-). But > > upthread there was an offer to work on them if we made the code behavior > > saner. I've done the latter part, I don't want to do the former. > > I have finally given a shot at improving the docs with the attached. > Comments are welcome. It would be nice to give guidance on selecting a bit size for columns and a signature length. Yes, Wikipedia covers the topic but to get the reader started some discussion of the relevant trade-offs when using larger numbers than the default would be nice. I don't suspect using smaller the default values is apt to be worthwhile... David J.
