Re: incorrect index behaviour with rtree on box values

Andrew - Supernews <andrew+nonews@supernews.com> writes:
> The problem is that the semantics of the &< and &> operators for the box
> type are not what rtree needs for the "OverLeft" and "OverRight" slots of
> the operator class.

This was observed nearly a year ago, see this thread:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2004-03/msg01135.php

but apparently no one cares enough to fix it.  Are you volunteering?

            regards, tom lane