Re: Index AM change proposals, redux

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> A bigger issue is whether this is worth applying when nobody seems to be
>> working on either of the main uses for it (bitmap indexes and GIT
>> indexes).  There seemed to be some possible marginal use for it in GIST
>> indexes, but I'm not convinced that's a sufficient reason to complicate
>> the APIs.

> It has some merit on its own.

Yeah, and Teodor's point about cleaning up the @@@ hack pretty much
seals the deal for me.

Unless anyone has objections, I will review and apply Heikki's patch
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-03/msg00163.php
which covers both the amgetmulti return-a-bitmap change and the
candidate-matches change.  (Heiiki, you don't have a later version
of that do you?)

The remaining topics associated with index AMs are closed for this
commit fest, unless anyone has specific questions they want discussed
right now...
        regards, tom lane