Re: Re: default opclass for jsonb (was Re: Call for GIST/GIN/SP-GIST opclass documentation)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Petr Jelinek <petr(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Re: default opclass for jsonb (was Re: Call for GIST/GIN/SP-GIST opclass documentation)
Date: 2014-04-23 14:02:51
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:20:42AM +0200, Petr Jelinek wrote:
> >> On 23/04/14 00:40, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >>>> Where are we on the default JSONB opclass change?
>
> >>> FWIW, I still don't have any strong opinion here. I defer to others on
> >>> this question.
>
> >> I vote for changing it, even though neither option is ideal I think
> >> that given the nature of datatype the current default will break
> >> inserts for common usage pattern and that's much worse than not
> >> being able to use the index for some operators.
>
> > I agree. We should choose the most general option as the default.
>
> That seems to be the consensus, but now we need a name for the
> soon-to-be-not-default opclass. What's a good short adjective for it?

"comprehensive"? Not particularly short ...

According to Merriam Webster:
Synonyms
all-embracing, all-in [chiefly British], all-inclusive,
broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), compendious, complete,
encyclopedic, cover-all, cyclopedic, embracive, exhaustive,
full, global, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thorough,
universal

Related Words
broad, catholic, encyclical, general, inclusionary, overall;
cosmic (also cosmical), extensive, far, far-reaching, grand,
large, panoptic, sweeping, vast, wide, wide-ranging; blanket,
indiscriminate, unrestricted

jsonb_omnibus_ops ?

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