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commit    3eef32c58b438e08071acb22580162976bce680b
Author:   Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date:     Sat Sep 03 01:57:41 2022 +0000

    doc:  clarify recursion internal behavior
    
    Reported-by: Drew DeVault
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20211018091720.31299-1-sir@cmpwn.com
    
    Backpatch-through: 10


 doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 1428d99d0f8..4c5a83c9cbf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
@@ -2172,9 +2172,8 @@ SELECT sum(n) FROM t;
 
   <note>
    <para>
-    Strictly speaking, this process is iteration not recursion, but
-    <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards
-    committee.
+    While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified
+    recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively.
    </para>
   </note>
 


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