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Doc: indexUnchanged is strictly a hint.
authorPeter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:27:26 +0000 (09:27 -0700)
committerPeter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:27:26 +0000 (09:27 -0700)
commitcf89d3052d62a5dd82805d157b64cdf493e5e851
tree84fcb32e3f59c3a2e2cee0288c80a7ceec658677
parent3b0f20f6ce145b0cd5aefa147a7e425b60601a58
Doc: indexUnchanged is strictly a hint.

Clearly spell out the limitations of aminsert()'s indexUnchanged hinting
mechanism in the index AM documentation.

Oversight in commit 9dc718bd, which added the "logically unchanged
index" hint (which is used to trigger bottom-up index deletion).

Author: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
Reported-By: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-By: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-WzmU_BQ=-H9L+bxTSMQBqHMjp1DSwGypvL0gKs+dTOfkKg@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch: 14-, where indexUnchanged hinting was introduced.
doc/src/sgml/indexam.sgml