The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/functions-string.html Description:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/functions-string.html Said text ^@ text → boolean Returns true if the first string starts with the second string (equivalent to the starts_with() function). 'alphabet' ^@ 'alph' → t This is not true equivalent, because ^@ can be accelerated by special SP-GiST index https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/spgist-builtin-opclasses.html while function starts_with() perhaps no. Thus need to mention in the description of ^@ it can be accelerated by the special index with link to it. And in the description on start_with() need to mention that alternative ^@ is better, because it can be accelerated by index, while the function is not.
