Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gWNjv-0001im-7Z for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:44:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gWNjt-00017q-Vc for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:44:57 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gWNjt-00017h-Ld for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:44:57 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gWNjr-0004xc-8r for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:44:56 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id wBAFiqOn020064; Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:44:52 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: John Naylor cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: docs: outdated reference to recursive expression evaluation In-reply-to: References: <30253.1544286631@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to John Naylor message dated "Mon, 10 Dec 2018 09:55:11 -0500" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <20062.1544456692.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:44:52 -0500 Message-ID: <20063.1544456692@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk John Naylor writes: > On 12/8/18, Tom Lane wrote: >> We could say "expression compilation" and it'd still be valid. Or just >> drop the last four words altogether. I don't think we want to expend the >> verbiage to be more precise here, since it's only a tangential point. > I'm inclined to agree. If you like, here's a patch to leave out the example. Pushed to HEAD (didn't seem worth back-patching, though). regards, tom lane