Re: [PATCH] reloptions - RELOPT_KIND_ALL

Zdenek Kotala wrote:
>
> Alvaro Herrera píše v pá 23. 01. 2009 v 11:04 -0300:
> > Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> > > I attached patch which add capability to have single record for all
> > > realation kind in the reloption list. It is usefull in situation when
> > > all parameters are same for all relation kinds.
> >
> > Do you have an example use case for this?
>
> I use it in my space reservation patch. I going to send it soon. The
> default value is zero in all relkind and max value as well. It seems to
> me waste a space to copy and paste same lines several times.

Hmm, but is it really applicable to all relkinds? Is it applicable to
GIN indexes for example? Keep in mind that GIN does not even have
fillfactor. How are you going to make space reservation work for GIN?

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