>> An UPDATE that modifies the key columns will be blocked, just as now.
>> Same with a DELETE.
> 
> OK, so it prevents non-key data modifications from spilling to the
> referred rows --- nice.

Yes.  Eliminates the leading cause of deadlocks in Postgres applications.

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Josh Berkus
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