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From: Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:24:49 +0200
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On Mon, 2026-06-15 at 11:05 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Laurenz Albe <[email protected]> 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 did, and * became obsolete with 7.1.  It's even in the release notes.

> 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".

I am fine with both your suggestions.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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