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Doc: Tweak description of B-Tree duplicate tuples.

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Defining duplicates as "close by" to each other was unclear.  Simplify
the definition.

Backpatch: 13-, where deduplication was introduced (by commit 0d861bbb)
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Peter Geoghegan 2020-06-20 17:34:07 -07:00
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@ -635,10 +635,10 @@ options(<replaceable>relopts</replaceable> <type>local_relopts *</type>) returns
A duplicate is a leaf page tuple (a tuple that points to a table
row) where <emphasis>all</emphasis> indexed key columns have values
that match corresponding column values from at least one other leaf
page tuple that's close by in the same index. Duplicate tuples are
quite common in practice. B-Tree indexes can use a special,
space-efficient representation for duplicates when an optional
technique is enabled: <firstterm>deduplication</firstterm>.
page tuple in the same index. Duplicate tuples are quite common in
practice. B-Tree indexes can use a special, space-efficient
representation for duplicates when an optional technique is
enabled: <firstterm>deduplication</firstterm>.
</para>
<para>
Deduplication works by periodically merging groups of duplicate