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Improve comment for tricky aspect of index-only scans.
authorJeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>
Sun, 4 May 2014 20:18:55 +0000 (13:18 -0700)
committerJeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>
Wed, 7 May 2014 02:27:43 +0000 (19:27 -0700)
commit35c0cd3b05b0be18dc2d049c33b38a2d13993ffe
tree5af0e7df971771484e8b7f976867ca89edf9889atree | snapshot
parent3a9d430af515e9dd8a9d34a4011367e667a66521commit | diff
Improve comment for tricky aspect of index-only scans.

Index-only scans avoid taking a lock on the VM buffer, which would
cause a lot of contention. To be correct, that requires some intricate
assumptions that weren't completely documented in the previous
comment.

Reviewed by Robert Haas.
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