Re: [PATCH] indexability of << operator for inet/cidr

Patch removed from queue, awaiting updated version.

> Attached is a patch that explains to optimizer that its possible to use
> index when performing a << b where a is an inet/cidr value and b is a
> constant.
>
> Indexpath generated for such an expression is this:
> (a > network(b)) and (a <= set_masklen(broadcast(b, 32)))
>
> Since this is my first time delving in the guts of postgres, someone
> definitely should review it :)
>
> I mostly based my code on prefix_quals function for string types.
>
> Thanks
>

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