From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
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Subject: Re: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> I could not resist the temptation to remove the "now always" in
> "searching descendant tables is now always the default".  That sounds
> too much like this was a recent change.

Hmm, phrasing that part that way sounds like it's always been so,
which is not only false but is contradicted by the surrounding text.
What do you think of saying

    There is no real reason to use this syntax
    any more, because searching descendant tables has been the default
    behavior since PostgreSQL whatever-version-it-was.

I can look up the version where it changed, if this seems like the way
to go.

I'm also tempted to replace "to use this syntax" with "to write *",
just to be totally clear which syntax we are referring to.  After
your rewrite of the prior sentence, someone might think the closest
antecedent for "this" is "ONLY".

			regards, tom lane