Re: Okay to remove mention of mystery @ and ~ operators?
Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Colin Caine <cmcaine@gmail.com>
Date: 2024-04-19T10:08:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi, > This page says that the `@` and `~` operators on various types can be accelerated by a GiST index. > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/gist-builtin-opclasses.html > > These operators have been listed in the file since it was created in 2014, but if they exist then I don't know how to use them or what they do. > > Code examples, for clarity: > > > select box '(0,0),(1, 1)' ~ box '(2,2),(3,3)'; > operator does not exist: box ~ box > > > select box '(0,0),(1, 1)' @ box '(2,2),(3,3)'; > operator does not exist: box @ box > > If they're a typo or some removed thing then I'd like to remove them from the page. This email is me asking to find out if I'm wrong about that before I try to submit a patch (also very happy for someone with a committer bit to just fix this). Indeed, there is no @(box,box) or ~(box,box) in the \dAo output. These operators were removed by 2f70fdb0644c back in 2020. I will submit a patch for the documentation shortly. Thanks for reporting. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev
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Doc: Remove mention of @ and ~ GiST operators
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- e5745fd65d7d 16.3 landed
- af715a6f39ad 15.7 landed
- 41c0c493ad70 14.12 landed