Backport to 2.11.x: #6081: Improve compression datatype handling #6087
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This is an automated backport of #6081: Improve compression datatype handling.
The original issue is #6076.
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Original description
Improve compression datatype handling
Fall back to btree operator input type when it is binary compatible with the column type and no operator for column type could be found. This should improve performance when using column types like char or varchar instead of text.
Fixes: #6076