Re: Minmax indexes

On 06/18/2014 12:46 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>>> Isn't 'simpler implementation' a valid reason that's already been
>>> > >discussed onlist? Obviously simpler implementation doesn't trump
>>> > >everything, but it's one valid reason...
>>> > >Note that I have zap to do with the design of this feature. I work for
>>> > >the same company as Alvaro, but that's pretty much it...
>> > 
>> > Without some analysis (e.g implementing it and comparing), I don't buy that
>> > it makes the implementation simpler to restrict it in this way. Maybe it
>> > does, but often it's actually simpler to solve the general case.
>
> So to implement a feature one now has to implement the most generic
> variant as a prototype first? Really?

Well, there is the inventor's paradox to consider.
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Vik