Re: contrib/rtree_gist into core system?

> I think we still have a serious problem with multicolumn indexes. As they
> stand they're basically only indexes on the first column. The later columns
> are not used to determine page splits.

1. In your meaning, btree has bad split algorithm too. Look at _bt_compare, if 
first keys on page are unique the the later keys will not be compared ;)

2. About rtree interface: it's possible to write GiST-RTree layer compatibility 
interface. User's interface will just copied from RTree, and layer will 
translate it to GiST interface.


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