This commit documents rounding of "length" parameter and absence of support
for unique indexes and NULLs searching. Backpatch to 9.6 where contrib/bloom
was introduced.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAF4Au4wPQQ7EHVSnzcLjsbY3oLSzVk6UemZLD1Sbmwysy3R61g%40mail.gmail.com
Author: Oleg Bartunov with minor editorialization by me
Backpatch-through: 9.6
length
- Length of each signature (index entry) in bits. The default
- is 80 bits and maximum is 4096.
+ Length of each signature (index entry) in bits, it is rounded up to the nearest
+ multiple of 16. The default is 80 bits and maximum is 4096.
operations in the future.
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+ bloom access method doesn't support
+ UNIQUE indexes.
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+ bloom access method doesn't support searching for
+ NULL values.
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