[postgis-devel] Should EMPTY be spatially equal to self ?

[Sandro Santilli]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 09:27:56AM -0800, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:

> > I'd be in favor of switching ST_Equals to use ~= instead.
> > Any strong opposition ?
> 
> Haven't we determined that ~= isn't index bound at the moment? Isn't
> that problematic?

I don't know how many people are using ST_Equals in a supposedly fast query.
Anyway, I didnt' research on why ~= isn't index bound, did you ?

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