Re: No longer possible to query catalogs for index capabilities?

Tom Lane wrote:

> Building on the has-property approach Andrew suggested, I wonder if
> we need something like pg_index_column_has_property(indexoid, colno,
> propertyname) with properties like "sortable", "desc", "nulls first".

This seems simple enough, on the surface.  Why not run with this design?

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