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Doc: improve explanation of GiST compress/decompress methods.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:20 +0000 (11:23 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:26 +0000 (11:23 -0400)
commitfb7a9050d53c5cd4b7c86f8e07196bd47b9db3b2
tree64225db7196acb068b2e839991418536b366cf72
parent7b424e3108e4745ba7d37e358a1177911fa5a5ad
Doc: improve explanation of GiST compress/decompress methods.

The docs previously didn't explain that leaf and non-leaf keys
could be treated differently, even though many of our opclasses
do exactly that.  It also wasn't explained how that relates to
the STORAGE option, particularly since only one storage type
can be specified for both leaf and non-leaf keys.

While here, reorganize the text slightly, rather than sticking
additional detail into what's supposed to be a brief summary
paragraph.

Author: Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
Co-authored-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+renyWs5Np+FLSYfL+eu20S4U671A3fQGb-+7e22HLrD1NbYw@mail.gmail.com
doc/src/sgml/gist.sgml
src/backend/access/gist/README