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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/spgist.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/spgist.sgml
index 56827e520dd..0d44d064aaa 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/spgist.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/spgist.sgml
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ typedef struct spgInnerConsistentIn
int nkeys; /* length of array */
Datum reconstructedValue; /* value reconstructed at parent */
+ void *traversalValue; /* opclass-specific traverse value */
+ MemoryContext traversalMemoryContext;
int level; /* current level (counting from zero) */
bool returnData; /* original data must be returned? */
@@ -559,6 +561,8 @@ typedef struct spgInnerConsistentOut
int *nodeNumbers; /* their indexes in the node array */
int *levelAdds; /* increment level by this much for each */
Datum *reconstructedValues; /* associated reconstructed values */
+ void **traversalValues; /* opclass-specific traverse values */
+
} spgInnerConsistentOut;
</programlisting>
@@ -593,6 +597,9 @@ typedef struct spgInnerConsistentOut
inner tuple, and
<structfield>nodeLabels</> is an array of their label values, or
NULL if the nodes do not have labels.
+ <structfield>traversalValue</> is a pointer to data that
+ <function>inner_consistent</> gets when called on child nodes from an
+ outer call of <function>inner_consistent</> on parent nodes.
</para>
<para>
@@ -612,6 +619,13 @@ typedef struct spgInnerConsistentOut
responsible for palloc'ing the
<structfield>nodeNumbers</>, <structfield>levelAdds</> and
<structfield>reconstructedValues</> arrays.
+ Sometimes accumulating some information is needed, while
+ descending from parent to child node was happened. In this case
+ <structfield>traversalValues</> array keeps pointers to
+ specific data you need to accumulate for every child node.
+ Memory for <structfield>traversalValues</> should be allocated in
+ the default context, but each element of it should be allocated in
+ <structfield>traversalMemoryContext</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -638,6 +652,7 @@ typedef struct spgLeafConsistentIn
ScanKey scankeys; /* array of operators and comparison values */
int nkeys; /* length of array */
+ void *traversalValue; /* opclass-specific traverse value */
Datum reconstructedValue; /* value reconstructed at parent */
int level; /* current level (counting from zero) */
bool returnData; /* original data must be returned? */