Re: [BUGS] BUG #14155: bloom index error with unlogged table

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> Actually, the docs could be more polished.
> >
> > I think the docs could stand to be rewritten from scratch ;-). But
> > upthread there was an offer to work on them if we made the code behavior
> > saner. I've done the latter part, I don't want to do the former.
>
> I have finally given a shot at improving the docs with the attached.
> Comments are welcome.

​It would be nice to give guidance on selecting a bit size for columns and
a signature length​. Yes, Wikipedia covers the topic but to get the reader
started some discussion of the relevant trade-offs when using larger
numbers than the default would be nice. I don't suspect using smaller the
default values is apt to be worthwhile...

David J.