> On 19 Apr 2024, at 12:31, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksan...@timescale.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > >>> This page says that the `@` and `~` operators on various types can be >>> accelerated by a GiST index. >>> >>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/gist-builtin-opclasses.html >>> >>> These operators have been listed in the file since it was created in 2014, >>> but if they exist then I don't know how to use them or what they do. >>> >>> Code examples, for clarity: >>> >>>> select box '(0,0),(1, 1)' ~ box '(2,2),(3,3)'; >>> operator does not exist: box ~ box >>> >>>> select box '(0,0),(1, 1)' @ box '(2,2),(3,3)'; >>> operator does not exist: box @ box >>> >>> If they're a typo or some removed thing then I'd like to remove them from >>> the page. This email is me asking to find out if I'm wrong about that >>> before I try to submit a patch (also very happy for someone with a >>> committer bit to just fix this). >> >> Indeed, there is no @(box,box) or ~(box,box) in the \dAo output. These >> operators were removed by 2f70fdb0644c back in 2020. >> >> I will submit a patch for the documentation shortly. Thanks for reporting. > > Here is the patch.
Nice catch, and thanks for the patch. I'll apply it with a backpatch to when they were removed. -- Daniel Gustafsson
