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    Doc: move info for btree opclass implementors into main documentation. · 3785f7ee
    Tom Lane authored
    Up to now, useful info for writing a new btree opclass has been buried
    in the backend's nbtree/README file.  Let's move it into the SGML docs,
    in preparation for extending it with info about "in_range" functions
    in the upcoming window RANGE patch.
    
    To do this, I chose to create a new chapter for btree indexes in Part VII
    (Internals), parallel to the chapters that exist for the newer index AMs.
    This is a pretty short chapter as-is.  At some point somebody might care
    to flesh it out with more detail about btree internals, but that is
    beyond the scope of my ambition for today.
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/23141.1517874668@sss.pgh.pa.us
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