CIDR index use for '<<' operator

Postgres doesn't seem to make use of indexes when doing operations with the
CIDR '<<' (contains) operator.  Is this intended behavior or impossible for
some reason?


test=> \d a
          Table "a"
 Attribute | Type | Modifier
-----------+------+----------
 a         | cidr | not null
Index: a_pkey

test=> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM a WHERE a.a = '192.168.0.128/32'::cidr;
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Index Scan using a_pkey on a  (cost=0.00..2.16 rows=1 width=12)

EXPLAIN
test=> EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM a WHERE a.a << '192.168.0.128/30'::cidr;
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Seq Scan on a  (cost=0.00..1205.20 rows=32768 width=12)

EXPLAIN
test=>


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