Does PostgreSQL use the COMMUTATOR property of an operator to determine
if flip-flopped arguments can be collapsed.
 
I used to think it did until someone pointed it doesn't  - For example
in the below
 
SELECT b.*
FROM boszip b INNER JOIN landparcels l
ON (b.the_geom && l.the_geom  AND l.the_geom && b.the_geom AND
l.the_geom && b.the_geom )
WHERE l.gid = b.gid and b.gid = l.gid
limit 1
 
 
If I look at the query plan - I see the plan has reduced things down to
 
l.gid = b.gid  AND (b.the_geom && l.the_geom  AND l.the_geom &&
b.the_geom)
 
Why is (b.the_geom && l.the_geom  AND l.the_geom && b.the_geom)  not
reduced down to just
 
b.the_geom && l.the_geom 
 
even though && is defined as the commutator of &&?
 
Thanks,
Regina
 
 


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