Re: Question about rtrees (overleft replacing left in nodes)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: William White <bwhite(at)frognet(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Question about rtrees (overleft replacing left in nodes)
Date: 2004-03-31 20:56:06
Message-ID: 11320.1080766566@sss.pgh.pa.us
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William White <bwhite(at)frognet(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I can't think of an equally succinct definition of what the operators
>> really do though. Comments?

> I think "not to the left of" and "not to the right of" are sufficiently
> succinct. That they may not see much user application may not be
> relevant, if they are required to properly implement << and >> on rtrees.

Right, but what about the existing operators --- what is a more correct
way to document them?

regards, tom lane

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