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
