Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> True, but at least it would work. Are they saying the masks don't work
> at all? Why haven't we heard this before?
The specific case of mask = all ones has got a problem (and I think
there are some other conditions involved too). We have heard reports
of this before, IIRC.
regards, tom lane