Re: pgsql: Allow opclasses to provide tri-valued GIN consistent functions.

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Allow opclasses to provide tri-valued GIN consistent functions.
Date: 2014-03-21 22:30:36
Message-ID: 532CBD8C.9010801@vmware.com
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On 03/21/2014 10:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
>> I think the whole thing is too cute by half. Why isn't it just
>
>> typedef enum GinLogicValue
>> {
>> GIN_FALSE = 0, /* item is present / matches */
>> GIN_TRUE = 1, /* item is not present / does not match */
>> GIN_MAYBE = 2 /* don't know if item is present / don't know if
>> * matches */
>> } GinLogicValue;
>
> ... and now that I look at it a second time: *please* tell me the comments
> on the first two values should be swapped. The API isn't really "false
> means a match", is it?

*facepalm*. Yes, the comments are backwards...

- Heikki

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