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Allow index AMs to return either HeapTuple or IndexTuple format during IOS.
Previously, only IndexTuple format was supported for the output data ofan index-only scan. This is fine for btree, which is just returning averbatim index tuple anyway. It's not so fine for SP-GiST, which canreturn reconstructed data that's much larger than a page.To fix, extend the index AM API so that index-only scan data can bereturned in either HeapTuple or IndexTuple format. There's other wayswe could have done it, but this way avoids an API break for index AMsthat aren't concerned with the issue, and it costs little except a couplemore fields in IndexScanDescs.I changed both GiST and SP-GiST to use the HeapTuple method. I'm notvery clear on whether GiST can reconstruct data that's too large for anIndexTuple, but that seems possible, and it's not much of a code change tofix.Per a complaint from Vik Fearing. Reviewed by Jason Li.Discussion:https://postgr.es/m/49527f79-530d-0bfe-3dad-d183596afa92@2ndquadrant.fr