Re: Re: Fixes to index pages

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > > Tom, here are the changes I was thinking about to clean up a few areas
> > > > in index pages tables.  I will hold the patch until 7.2.
> > >
> > > What happened to our discussion about keeping t_info bit 13 unused??
> >
> > I wasn't going to reserve it in the patch. I figured I would make all
> > the items/flags match, and if someone wants to reserve it, it is easy to
> > do in one place.  I imagine 7.2 is going to be dump/reload anyway so the
> > decision can be made during development cycle.  I basically didn't want
> > to leave a bit gap and leave it unnamed because it could cause
> > confusion.
> >
>
> You have added the following TODO recently.
>  * Add deleted bit to index tuples to reduce heap access
>
> Where would you have the deleted bit in IndexTupleData ?

Wow, seems like everyone liked the deleted bit idea.  :-)

I would put it in bit 13.  I would adjust the bit masks in the itup.h
file.  I assume you are asking why I don't do it in the patch, and the
reason is because I have no code to update the bit field.   I think the
bit should be reserved at the time the code is added.

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