I agree that it would make a lot of sense to not use a plain bitmap. The
current state of the art for compressed high-performance bitmaps is here:
http://roaringbitmap.org/

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Augie Fackler <r...@durin42.com> wrote:

> I've considered doing a bitmap index for hidden revs, but lacked the round
> tuits. Have you looked at any of the more interesting compressed bitmap
> storage schemes like EWAH? I know git uses that for some stuff now and it's
> been very efficient both speed and space wise.
>
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