Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am about to rip out the code that supports multiple indexscans for OR
> conditions inside a single IndexScan plan node. As best I can tell,
> the new-style bitmap-OR code is as fast or faster than the old way
> even in fully cached test cases (ie, with no allowance for improved
> efficiency of disk access). So there's no percentage in maintaining
> support for the old way, and getting rid of it will allow simplification
> of code and data structures in the planner.
> For all index types? Even lossy ones?
Can't see that a lossy index would make any difference ...
regards, tom lane
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