Re: New pg_lsn type doesn't have hash/btree opclasses

On 2014-05-06 09:37:54 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Craig just mentioned in an internal chat that there's no btree or even
> > hash opclass for the new pg_lsn type. That restricts what you can do
> > with it quite severely.
> > Imo this should be fixed for 9.4 - after all it was possible unto now to
> > index a table with lsns returned by system functions or have queries
> > with grouping on them without casting.
> 
> Sorry, it is *way* too late for 9.4.

It's imo a regression/oversight introduced in the pg_lsn patch. Not a
new feature.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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