Re: point_ops for GiST

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2015-05-12T18:13:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas wrote:
> 2009/12/30 Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>:
> > Sync with current CVS
> 
> I have reviewed this patch and it looks good to me.  The only
> substantive question I have is why gist_point_consistent() uses a
> different coding pattern for the box case than it does for the polygon
> and circle cases?  It's not obvious to me on the face of it why these
> aren't consistent.

Emre Hasegeli just pointed out to me that this patch introduced
box_contain_pt() and in doing so used straight C comparison (<= etc)
instead of FPlt() and friends.  I would think that that's a bug and
needs to be changed -- but certainly not backpatched, because gist
indexes would/might become corrupt.

This is in the context of his inclusion opclass for BRIN
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAE2gYzwBZQ=z02ZiOefNhrXOf+1VegQC_cWPVJ8LwNqGX1--Ww@mail.gmail.com

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Commits

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  1. Fix gist_box_same and gist_point_consistent to handle fuzziness correctly.

  2. Add point_ops opclass for GiST.